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{{Infobox organization
| name = Bangla Academy
| native_name = বাংলা একাডেমি
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| image = Bangla academy logo.png
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| mcaption = Burdwan House, Bangla Academy main building
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| formation = {{Start date and years ago|df=y|1955|12|03}}
| type = Autonomous institution funded by [[Government of Bangladesh]]
| headquarters = Burdwan House
| location = [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
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| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| leader_title = Director General
| leader_name = [[Mohammad Nurul Huda]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Poet Nurul Huda new DG of Bangla Academy |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/arts-culture/2021/07/12/poet-nurul-huda-new-dg-of-bangla-academy |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
| key_people = [[Selina Hossain]] (President)
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| website = {{URL|banglaacademy.gov.bd}}
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The '''Bangla Academy''' ({{lang-bn|বাংলা একাডেমি}}, {{IPA-bn|baŋla ækaɖemi|pron}}) is an autonomous institution funded by the [[Government of Bangladesh|Bangladesh government]] that fosters the [[Bengali language]], literature and culture, works to develop and implement national language policy and to do original research in the Bengali language. Established in 1955, it is located in Burdwan House in [[Ramna]], [[Dhaka]], within the grounds of the [[University of Dhaka]] and [[Suhrawardy Udyan]]. The Bangla Academy hosts the annual [[Ekushey Book Fair]].

==History==
[[File:Moder Gorob (Front View).JPG|thumb|right|''[[Moder Gorob]]'', depicting the language movement martyrs, is one of the features of Bangla Academy.]]

The importance of establishing an organisation for Bengali language was first emphasised by the linguist [[Muhammad Shahidullah]].<ref name="alhelal">{{cite book |last= Al-Helal |first= Bashir |title= Bangla Academy'r Itihaas (History of Bangla Academy) |year= 1986 |publisher= Bangla Academy |location= Dhaka, Bangladesh |language= bn}}</ref><ref name="muntasir.mamun:smriti">{{cite book |last=Mamun |first=Muntasir |title=Dhaka: Smriti Bismritir Nogori |orig-year=1993 |edition=3rd edition, 4th printing |date=January 2004 |publisher=Ananya Publishers |location=Dhaka, Bangladesh |language=bn |isbn=984-412-104-3 |pages=178–180}}</ref> Later, following the [[Bengali language movement|Language movement]], on 27 April 1952, the All Party National Language Committee decided to demand establishment of an organisation for the promotion of Bengali language. During the 1954 parliamentary elections, the [[United Front (East Pakistan)|United Front]]'s 21-point manifesto stated that, "The prime minister from the United Front will dedicate the Bardhaman House, also known as Burdwan House, for establishing a research center for the Bengali language".<ref name="muntasir.mamun:smriti" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2013-02-01 |title=Burdwan House |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-267297 |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> The building was the official residence of the [[Chief Minister of East Pakistan]], [[Nurul Amin]] during the Language movement and part of the University of Dhaka before that.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Hasina |first=Sheikh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmjIDwAAQBAJ&dq=Burdwan+House+dacca&pg=PA3 |title=Secret Documents of Intelligence Branch on Father of The Nation, Bangladesh: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Volume I (1948-1950) |date=2020-01-07 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-03311-3 |pages=3 |language=en}}</ref> Following the election success of the Front, the education minister [[Syed Azizul Haque]] placed the order to fulfill this promise.

In 1955, the government formed a committee to expedite the process. The committee was composed of leading intellectuals like Muhammad Shahidullah, [[Qazi Motahar Hossain]], S.M. Bhattacharya, W. H. Shadani, and [[Mohammad Barkatullah (author)|Muhammad Barkatullah]]. On 3 December 1955, the Chief Minister of [[East Bengal]], [[Abu Hussain Sarkar]], inaugurated the institute.<ref name="muntasir.mamun:smriti" /> Barkatullah acted as the Special Officer in charge. Later, in 1956, [[Muhammad Enamul Haque]] took over as the first director.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |chapter=Bangla Academy |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangla_Academy |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Helal |editor2-first=Bashir Al |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref>

In 1957, an act of the parliament formally established the funding source and the Government support for the institute.<ref name="muntasir.mamun:smriti" /> The first book published by the academy was [[Layla and Majnun|Laili Maznu]], an epic by the medieval poet [[Dawlat Ujir Bahram Khan]], and edited by [[Ahmed Sharif]]. The first fellow of the academy was the poet [[Farrukh Ahmed]].<ref name="muntasir.mamun:smriti" />

The publication division was established in early 1957; the research, culture and library divisions and translation division were set in 1958 and 1961 respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/site/detail_view/72/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8 |script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমির সংক্ষিপ্ত ইতিহাস |access-date=11 August 2016 |language=bn |website=Bangla Academy}}</ref>

After [[History of Bangladesh after independence|the independence of Bangladesh]], the director's position was renamed Director General.<ref name=bpedia/> [[Mazharul Islam (poet)|Mazharul Islam]], head of Bangla Department of [[Rajshahi University]], was the first Director General of the institute.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangla Academy marks 54th founding anniv today |url=http://www.dhakamirror.com/city-news/bangla-academy-marks-54th-founding-anniv-today/ |website=Dhaka Mirror |agency=New Age |access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref>
On 19 September 2008, a new 8-storied building, containing a 500-capacity auditorium and a 100-capacity seminar room, opened next to the main building.

[[File:Bangla Academy Inside 2 by Ashfaq.jpg|thumb|Bangla Academy main building located in Burdwan House in [[Ramna]], Dhaka.]]

==Structure==
The functions and structure of the institute was devised on the model of the [[Académie française|French Academy]].<ref name=bpedia/>

===Divisions===
# Research, compilation and folklore
# Language, literature, culture and publication
# Textbook
# Planning and training

==Activities==

The main task of the academy is to conduct research on Bengali language, culture, and history, and to publish Bengali literary and research work.

To commemorate the [[Bengali Language Movement|Language movement]] and the [[Language martyr's day]], the academy organizes the month-long [[Ekushey Book Fair]], the largest book fair in the country. It was introduced by former director general [[Monzur-I-Mowla]].

== Criticism ==
In recent years, Bangla Academy has been widely criticized for allowing different organizations to arrange events in English and denigrating Bengali in the premise of Bangla Academy, which is a violation of visions of the institution.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://opinion.bdnews24.com/bangla/archives/54577 |script-title=bn:'ঢাকা লিট ফেস্ট'-এর পৃষ্ঠপোষকতা ও ইংরেজিকে 'লিডিং' অবস্থানে নিয়ে যাওয়ার ব্যবস্থা! |date=12 November 2018 |work=bdnews24.com |type=Opinion |language=bn |access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> "The Academy has misused a lot of funds in producing useless books, books that are unoriginal," opines [[Salimullah Khan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/02/02/coverstory.htm |title=Losing Sight of Priorities |magazine=Star Magazine |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> Khan is of the opinion that the academy is short on original publications long on dross.<ref name=":0" /> He believes that both in research and in the field of creative writing, originality must be given priority. He also adds that most of the problems lie in the process of selection. The selection process the crucial decision to ditch one manuscript to pick another that will be added to the long list of academy publications, is faulty and in dire need of revision.<ref name=":0" />

== Awards given by Bangla Academy ==

===Bangla Academy Literary Award===
{{main|Bangla Academy Literary Award}}

===Rabindra Award===
This award is conferred for significant contributions to [[Rabindranath Tagore]] works.<ref name="winners">{{cite web |url=https://banglaacademy.portal.gov.bd/site/page/4b4922ae-d2be-4478-b9bf-08b5dbf50cf2 |script-title=bn:পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্তদের তালিকা |publisher=Bangla Academy |language=bn |trans-title=Winners list |access-date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
* 2010 – [[Kalim Sharafi]] and [[Sanjida Khatun]]
* 2011 – [[Ahmed Rafiq]] and [[Ajit Roy]]
* 2012 – Anisur Rahman, [[Fahmida Khatun]] and [[Iffat Ara Dewan]]
* 2013 – [[Karunamaya Goswami]] and [[Papia Sarwar]]
* 2014 – [[Manzoore Mawla]] and [[Rezwana Chowdhury Bannya]]
* 2015 – [[Sanat Kumar Saha]] and [[Sadi Mohammad]]
* 2016 – [[Syed Akram Hossain]] and [[Tapan Mahmud]]
* 2017 – [[Hayat Mamud]] and [[Mita Haque]]

===Mazharul Islam Poetry Award===
{{main|Mazharul Islam Poetry Award}}
This award is conferred to the Bangladeshi poets since 2010.<ref name="winners" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-105368 |title=Mazharul Islam Award introduced |date=10 September 2009 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-12-17 |language=en}}</ref>

==Presidents==
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Years !! colspan=1|President !! Profession
|-
|1961–1961 || [[Mohammad Akram Khan]] || Journalist and politician
|-
|1962–1963 || [[Mohammad Barkatullah (author)|Mohammad Barkatullah]] || Writer
|-
|1964–1965 || [[Muhammad Qudrat-i-Khuda]] || Educationist
|-
|1969–1971 || [[Syed Murtaza Ali]] || Writer and historian
|-
|1972–1974 || [[Zainul Abedin]] || Painter
|-
|1975–1977 || [[Syed Murtaza Ali]] ||
|-
|1977–1979 || [[Syed Ali Ahsan]] || Poet and educator
|-
|1980–1982 ||[[Abdul Haque Faridi]]|| Islamic scholar
|-
|1982–1983 ||[[Abu Mohammed Habibullah]]||
|-
|1986–1990 || [[Abdullah-Al-Muti]] || Educationist
|-
|1990–1992 || [[Gazi Shamsur Rahman]] || Lawyer
|-
|1993–1994 ||[[Abdur Rahman Chowdhury]]|| Justice
|-
|1994–1996 || [[Gazi Shamsur Rahman]] ||
|-
|1996–1999 || [[Shamsur Rahman (poet)|Shamsur Rahman]] || Poet
|-
|1999–2002 || [[Anisuzzaman]] ||
|-
|2002–2006 || [[Wakil Ahmed]] ||
|-
|2007–2009 || [[M Harunur Rashid]] ||
|-
|2009–2011 || [[Kabir Chowdhury]] ||
|-
|2011–2020 || [[Anisuzzaman]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://banglaacademy.org.bd/?page_id=658 |script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমির প্রাক্তন সভাপতিগণ |publisher=Bangla Academy |language=bn |trans-title=Former Presidents of Bangla Academy |access-date=27 March 2017}}</ref>||
|-
|2020–2021 || [[Shamsuzzaman Khan]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=Shamsuzzaman Khan becomes Bangla Academy president |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/109802/shamsuzzaman-khan-becomes-bangla-academy-president |access-date=2020-11-09 |work=New Age |language=en}}</ref>|| Folklorist
|-
|2021–2021 || [[Rafiqul Islam (educationist)|Rafiqul Islam]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-05-19 |title=Dr Rafiqul Islam appointed Bangla Academy president |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/05/19/dr-rafiqul-islam-appointed-bangla-academy-president |access-date=2021-05-26 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> ||
|-
|2022– || [[Selina Hossain]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Author Selina Hossain is appointed president of Bangla Academy|url=https://bdnews24.com/arts/2022/02/03/author-selina-hossain-is-appointed-president-of-bangla-academy|access-date=2022-02-18|website=bdnews24.com}}</ref> || Novelist
|}

==List of Honorary Fellows==
As of 2022, there are 193 persons made Honorary Fellows by the academy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://banglaacademy.portal.gov.bd/site/page/02bcd06a-3019-4102-963b-bdcc2530531d |script-title=bn:বাংলা একাডেমি প্রদত্ত অন্যান্য পুরস্কার ও সম্মানসূচক ফেলোশিপপ্রাপ্ত বিশিষ্টজনের তালিকা |trans-title=List of dignitaries who received other awards and honorary fellowships given by Bangla Academy |website=Bangla Academy |language=bn}}</ref>
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* [[Mohammad Akram Khan]]
* [[Muhammad Shahidullah]]
* [[Golam Mostofa (poet)|Golam Mustafa]]
* [[Jasimuddin]]
* [[Shamsunnahar Mahmud]]
* [[Zainul Abedin]]
* [[Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah]]
* Sheikh Reazudin Ahmed
* Sheikh Habibor Rahman
* Nurunnesa Khatun
* Mozammel Huq
* [[Khoda Box]]
* [[Aroj Ali Matubbar]]
* Mozibor Rahman Biswas
* Mahbubul Alam Chowdhury
* Monindro Nath
* Sheikh Lutfor Rahman
* Kamaluddin Ahmed
* Shafiuddin Ahmed
* [[Quamrul Hassan]]
* [[Abu Sayeed Chowdhury]]
* [[Abdul Ahad (music director)|Abdul Ahad]]
* [[A R Mallick]]
* Shah Fazlur Rahman
* [[Abdur Razzaq (professor)|Abdur Razzaq]]
* [[Muhammad Ibrahim]]
* [[Muhammad Shamsul Huq]]
* Mohammad Nurul Huq
* [[Dewan Mohammad Azraf]]
* A U M Abdul Huq Faridi
* [[Firoza Begum (singer)|Firoza Begum]]
* [[Kalim Sharafi]]
* [[Khan Sarwar Murshid]]
* [[Gaziul Haque|A N M Gaziul Haque]]
* [[A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed]]
* [[Barin Mazumder]]
* [[Lutfar Rahman Sarkar]]
* Abdul Latif
* [[Nurjahan Begum]]
* [[Sudhin Das]]
* [[Ajoy Roy]]
* [[Sirajul Islam]]
* Sohrabuddin Ahmed
* Nazrul Islam
* [[Rafiqun Nabi]]
* Amolesh Chandra Mandal
;1975
* [[Mohammad Nasiruddin]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Islam |first=Sirajul |year=2012 |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |chapter=Nasiruddin, Mohammad |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Nasiruddin,_Mohammad |editor2-first=Nurul |editor2-last=Quiyum}}</ref>
;2001
* [[Qayyum Chowdhury]]
* Mohammad Saidur
* Abdul Halim Boyati
* Abdul Matin
* [[Tofail Ahmed]]
; 2002
* [[Beggzadi Mahmuda Nasir]]
* [[Jamal Nazrul Islam]]
; 2003
* Mohammad Ferdous Khan
* Emazuddin Ahmed
* Ferdousi Rahman
; 2004
* [[Nurul Islam (physician)|Nurul Islam]]
* [[Iqbal Mahmud]]
* [[Rahija Khanam Jhunu]]
; 2005
* [[M. Shamsher Ali]]
* M H Khan
* M Q K Talukdar
* Sudhananda Mohather
* [[William Radice]]
; 2006
* Kazi Azhar Ali
* Kazi Abdul Fattah
* T A Chowdhury
* [[Jamilur Reza Choudhury]]
;2007
* [[M Innas Ali]]
* A M Harun Ar Rashid
* Mozaffar Ahmed
* M Abul Hashem Khan
* [[Sohrab Hossain]]
* Nuruddin Ahmed
* M Kamrul Islam
;2008
* Musharraf Hossain
* Khondoker Ibrahim Khaled
* [[Mizanur Rahman Shelley]]
* [[Sultana Kamal]]
* Mahbub Alam
* Sonia Nishat Amin
* [[Saidur Rahman Boyati]]
* Nurul Islam
;2009
* Nurul Islam
* Amanul Huq
* [[Imdad Hossain]]
* Rowsan Ara Bachchu
* [[A B M Musa]]
* [[Ataus Samad]]
* [[Abul Maal Abdul Muhith]]
* M. Amir-ul Islam
* M Mahbubur Rahman
* A B M Abdul Latif Miah
* Akbar Ali Khan
* [[Ferdousi Mazumder]]
* [[Bibi Russell]]
* Muhammad Habibullah Pathan
* M Abdus Samad Mandal
* Kazuo Azuma
* [[Clinton B. Seely]]
; 2010
* Atiqul Huq Chowdhury
* A B M Hossain
* [[Kamal Lohani]]
* Jamil Chowdhury
* Enamul Huq
* Sahanara Hossen
* [[Mustafa Zaman Abbasi]]
* Rashid Talukdar
* [[Ramendu Majumdar]]
* [[Laila Hasan]]
* [[Farida Parveen]]
; 2011
* [[Amartya Sen]]
* [[Sheikh Hasina]]
* [[Munshi Abdur Rouf|Abdur Rouf]]
* Sheikh Hafizur Rahman
* Md. Tafazzul Islam
* [[Mustafa Monwar]]
* [[Rehman Sobhan]]
;2012
* [[Md. Tafazzul Islam]]
* [[Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir]]
* Mohiuddin Ahmed
* [[Runa Laila]]
* M Saiduzzaman
* [[Murtoza Bashir]]
* [[Ramkanai Das]]
* Pran Gopla Datta
* [[Atiur Rahman]]
* [[Sabina Yasmin]]
;2013
* [[Syed Hasan Imam (actor)|Syed Hasan Imam]]
* Monaem Sarker
* [[Fakir Alamgir]]
* [[A. T. M. Shamsul Huda]]
* [[Ferdousi Priyabhashini]]
* Shahadat Hossain Khan
* [[Nasiruddin Yousuff]]
* Abul Hasnat
;2014
* [[Partha Pratim Majumder]]
* [[Ataur Rahman]]
* Mohammad Zamir
* [[A. B. M. Khairul Haque]]
* [[Abdul Mannan Choudhury]]
* [[Shimul Yousuf]]
* [[Fatema Tuz Zohra]]
;2015
* [[Fazle Hasan Abed]]
* [[Mohammed Farashuddin]]
* [[Anupam Sen]]
* [[Abed Khan]]
* Abu Mohammad Shapan Adnan
* [[Mahfuz Anam]]
* [[Papia Sarwar]]
;2016
* Toyab Khan
* [[Alamgir Muhammad Serajuddin]]
* [[Abul Kalam Azad Chowdhury]]
* [[Rafique Ul Huq]]
* [[Rathindranath Roy]]
* [[Shaikh Siraj]]
* [[Mushtari Shafi]]
;2017
* [[Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury]]
* Pratibha Matsudi
* [[ABM Abdullah]]
* [[Ainun Nishat]]
* Nurun Nabi
* [[Hassan Shahriar]]
* Dulal Talukder<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://old.unb.com.bd/entertainment-news/40th-ABM-of-Bangla-Academy-held/59497 |title=40th ABM of Bangla Academy held |work=United News |language=en |access-date=2019-01-28 |date=30 December 2017}}</ref>
;2018
* [[Monirul Islam (artist)|Monirul Islam]]
* [[Aminul Islam (academic)|Aminul Islam]]
* [[Monjulika Chakma]]
* [[SM Mohsin]]
* Samanta Lal Sen
* [[Rawshan Ara Mustafiz]]
* [[Polan Sarkar]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://greenwatchbd.com/artist-monirul-islam-gets-bangla-academy-honouary-fellowship/ |title=Artist Monirul Islam gets Bangla Academy Honouary Fellowship |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>
;2020
* Sarwar Ali
* [[Nurul Islam Nahid]]
* Nuh-ul-Alam Lenin
* AK Azad Khan
* [[Liaquat Ali Lucky]]
* [[Jewel Aich]]
* Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul
;2021
* [[Matia Chowdhury]]
* Azizur Rahman Aziz
* [[Valerie Ann Taylor]]
* [[Ustad Azizul Islam]]
* [[Sheikh Sadi Khan]]
* [[M Hamid]]
* Golam Quddus
;2022
* [[AAMS Arefin Siddique]]<ref name="dt22Dec2022">{{cite news |title=7 honoured with Bangla Academy fellowship |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2022/12/22/7-honoured-with-bangla-academy-fellowship |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=22 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[Mohammad Ali Reza Khan]]<ref name="dt22Dec2022" />
* Md Zakir Hossain<ref name="dt22Dec2022" />
* [[Nasir Ali Mamun]]<ref name="dt22Dec2022" />
* [[Hamiduzzaman Khan]]<ref name="dt22Dec2022" />
* [[Jayanta Chattopadhyay]]<ref name="dt22Dec2022" />
* [[Selina Hayat Ivy]]<ref name="dt22Dec2022" />
}}

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Bangla Academy - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 09:03, 18 September 2023