What is Bangla Academy Literary Award?
{{Infobox award | name = Bangla Academy Literary Award <br /> বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার | image = | alt = | description = contributions in [[poem]], [[novel]], [[drama]], [[essay]], [[short story]], juvenile literature in [[Bengali language]] | presenter = [[Bangla Academy]] | country = [[Bangladesh]] | year = 1960-present | website = {{URL|http://banglaacademy.org.bd/english/}} }} '''Bangla Academy Literary Award''' is given by [[Bangla Academy]] for contribution in the field of [[Bengali language]] and literature. It is the highest literary awards given in Bangladesh. This award was introduced in 1960.<ref name=Banglapedia>{{cite book |last=Helal |first=Bashir Al |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=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> This award is given in six categories, including [[poem]], [[novel]], [[drama]], [[essay]], [[short story]], juvenile literature.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bd-pratidin.com/various/2015/02/17/63378 |title=বাংলা একাডেমি সাহিত্য পুরস্কার [Bangla Academy Literary Award] |language=bn |newspaper=Bangladesh Pratidin |date=17 February 2015 |location=Dhaka, Bangladesh|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref> ==Award winners by decades== * [[List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1960s)|Bangla Academy Literary Award (1960s)]] * [[List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1970s)|Bangla Academy Literary Award (1970s)]] * [[List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1980s)|Bangla Academy Literary Award (1980s)]] * [[List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (1990s)|Bangla Academy Literary Award (1990s)]] * [[List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (2000s)|Bangla Academy Literary Award (2000s)]] * [[List of Bangla Academy Literary Award winners (2010s)|Bangla Academy L