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Kamal-e-Fun Award

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kamal-e-Fun Award
Awarded forLiterary services
LocationIslamabad
CountryPakistan
Presented byPakistan Academy of Letters
First award1997
Websitepal.gov.pk

Kamal-e-Fun Award (Urdu: کمالِ فن ایوارڈ) is a lifetime achievement literary award presented annually by Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL). The award was set up in 1997 and is given to Pakistani scholars for their entire literary career. The winner receives Rs. 10,00,000.[1][2]

Recipients

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Year Photo Awardee Genre(s) Ref.
1997 Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Poetry and fiction [3]
1998 Intizar Hussain Novel [4]
1999 Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi Humor [5]
2000 Ahmad Faraz Poetry [6]
2001 Shaukat Siddiqui Novel and drama [7]
2002 Munir Niazi Poetry [8]
2003 Ada Jafri Poetry [9]
2004 Sobho Gianchandani Revolutionary writing [10]
2005 Nabi Bakhsh Baloch Research and linguistics [11]
2006 Jamiluddin Aali Research, poetry and travel writing [12]
2007 Ajmal Khattak Poetry [13]
2008 Abdullah Jan Jamaldini Authorship [14]
2009 Lutfullah Khan Authorship and travel writing [15]
2010 Bano Qudsia Novel and fiction [16]
2011 Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo Research writing [17]
2012 Abdullah Hussain Novel [18]
2013 Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Novel [19]
2014 Fahmida Riaz Novel and poetry [20]
2015 Kishwar Naheed Poetry [21]
2016 Amar Jaleel Fiction and column writing [22]
2017 Jamil Jalibi Linguistics and literary criticism [23]
2018 Muneer Ahmed Badini Novel [24]
2019 Asad Muhammad Khan Novel and poetry [25]
2020 Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Ashu Lal Faqeer
Novel, poetry and travel writing [26]
2021 Zafar Iqbal Poetry [27]
2022 Hasan Manzar Novels and short stories [28]
2023 Iftikhar Arif Poetry [29]
2024 Ata ul Haq Qasmi Poetry and prose [30]
2025 Abdur Rehman Brahui Poetry and prose [31]

See also

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References

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  1. "کمال فن ایوارڈ". Pakistan Academy of Letters (in Urdu). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. Junaidi, Ikram (26 March 2021). "Name for Kamal-i-Fun Award finalised". Dawn.
  3. Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi passes away, Dawn, 11 July 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  4. "I'm a man only of fiction" Intizar Hussain, Dawn, 23 April 2009.
  5. Fatima, Mehreen (20 June 2018). "In Excerpts: We're living in the era of Yousufi". Dunya News.
  6. Abdullah, Farheen (25 August 2020). "Remembering Ahmed Faraz". CutACut.
  7. KARACHI: Shaukat Siddiqui gets award, Dawn, 12 July 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. "12th Death Anniversary Of Munir Niazi Being Observed Today". Abb Takk TV. 26 December 2018.
  9. "Ada Jafri nominated for Kamal-e-Fun Award". Business Recorder. 4 August 2004.
  10. "Subho Gyan Chandani gets literary award". Dawn. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  11. "Dr Nabi Bakhsh Baloch remembered". Dawn. 14 April 2011.
  12. "Aaliji wins 'Kamal-e-Fun Award 2006'". Business Recorder. 10 August 2007.
  13. "Ajmal Khattak gets Kamal-i-Fun award". Dawn. 6 August 2008.
  14. "Abdullah Jan Jamaldeni awarded Kamal-e-Fun Award". Business Recorder. 21 October 2009.
  15. Kamal-e-Fun Award given to Lutfullah Khan, Dawn, 3 November 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  16. Bari, Mavra (27 September 2012). "Honour: Lifetime achievement award for Bano Qudsia". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  17. Masood, Tariq (19 December 2013). "Lifetime achievement: Ibrahim Joyo gets highest literary award". The Express Tribune.
  18. "Renowned novelist Abdullah Hussain passes away". The Express Tribune. 4 July 2015.
  19. "Nominations for Kamal-e-Fun Award". Dawn. 11 June 2015.
  20. "Honour: Kamal-e-Fun Award goes to Urdu poet Fahmida Riaz". The Express Tribune. 6 January 2016.
  21. "PAL announces 'Kamal-e-Fun Award' for 2015". The News International. 14 December 2016.
  22. "Famed Sindhi writer Amar Jaleel receives Kamal-i-Fun award". Pakistan Today. 19 December 2017.
  23. "Renowned Urdu writer and scholar Jamil Jalibi passes away". Dawn. 18 April 2019.
  24. "Munir Ahmed Badini wins top literary award". The Express Tribune. 16 June 2020.
  25. "PAL announces literary awards for 2019". The Express Tribune. 26 March 2021.
  26. "Mustansar Tarar, Lala Faqeer selected for Kamal-i-Fun Award". Dawn. 1 April 2022.
  27. "Poet Zafar Iqbal wins Kamal-i-Fun Award 2021". Dawn. 20 October 2023.
  28. "Writer Hassan Manzar nominated for Kamal-i-Fun Award". Dawn. 9 May 2024.
  29. "Renowned poet Iftikhar Arif bags Kamal-e-Fun Award for year 2023". Associated Press of Pakistan. 10 April 2025.
  30. "PAL announces 'Kamal-e-Fun Award', 'National Literary Awards' for year 2024". Associated Press of Pakistan. 29 April 2026.
  31. "PAL announces Kamal-e-Fun, National Literary Awards 2025". Associated Press of Pakistan. 7 August 2026.