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| Ananda Puraskar (List of Winners 1958--2019) |
The award was first given in 1958. Initially, there were two awards in memory of Anandabazar Patrika founders, Prafulla Kumar Sarkar and Suresh Chandra Majumdar. In 1984, another award in memory of Ashok Kumar Sarkar was started. However, all three awards were merged into one in the year 2000.
Nalini Bera has won the Ananda Puruskar 2019 for her work Subarnarenu Subarnarekha.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1958 | Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial) |
| 1958 | Samaresh Basu (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial) |
| 1960 | Pramathanath Bishi -- Kerry Saheber Munshi (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial) |
| 1961 | Syed Mujtaba Ali |
| 1963 | Kalidas Roy |
| 1966 | Sukumar Sen |
| 1967 | Bimal Kar |
| 1968 | Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya |
| 1970 | Gour Kishore Ghosh |
| 1971 | Satyajit Ray, Santosh Kumar Ghosh |
| 1972 | Sunil Gangopadhyay |
| 1973 | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay -- Manabjomin (novel) |
| 1974 | Moti Nandi |
| 1975 | Shakti Chattopadhyay |
| 1976 | Buddhadeb Guha -- Halud Basanta (novel) |
| 1979 | Syed Mustafa Siraj |
| 1981 | Sanjib Chattopadhyay |
| 1982 | Samaresh Majumdar |
| 1983 | Annada Shankar Ray |
| 1984 | Subhas Bhattacharya |
| 1984 | Dibyendu Palit -- Sahajoddha (novel) |
| 1984 | Sukumar Sen, Sagarmoy Ghosh, Bimal Mitra (Ashok Kumar Sarkar Memorial) |
| 1985 | Alokranjan Dasgupta |
| 1986 | Ketaki Kushari Dyson -- Rabindranath o Victoria Ocampor Sandhane (historical novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial) |
| 1988 | Abul Bashar |
| 1989 | Sunil Gangopadhyay -- Purbo-Paschim (novel) |
| 1989 | Amitav Ghosh -- The Shadow Lines (novel) |
| 1989 | Nirad C. Chaudhuri -- Thy Hand, Great Anarch! (autobiography) |
| 1990 | Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay -- Doorbeen (novel) |
| 1990 | Jay Goswami -- Ghumiechho, Jhaupata? (poetry) |
| 1991 | Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Jaya Mitra |
| 1992 | Taslima Nasrin - Nirbachito Column (articles) |
| 1993 | Bangla Academy (refused) |
| 1994 | Clinton B. Seely (Ashok Kumar Sarkar memorial) |
| 1994 | Annada Shankar Ray |
| 1994 | Shamsur Rahman |
| 1994 | Anisuzzaman (Ashok Kumar Sarkar Memorial) |
| 1994 | Naren Biswas -- Aitihyer Angikar |
| 1995 | Dr Nazrul Islam -- Bakul (novel) |
| 1996 | Akhtaruzzaman Elias -- Khwabnama (novel) |
| 1997 | Bani Basu - Maitreya Jatak (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial) |
| 1997 | Ketaki Kushari Dyson & Sushobhan Adhikari - Ranger Rabindranath (on Tagore's colour vision) (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial) |
| 1998 | Jay Goswami -- Jara Brishtite Bhijechhilo (novel in verse) |
| 1999 | Mandakranta Sen -- Hriday Abadhya Meye (poetry) |
| 2000 | Taslima Nasrin -- Amar Meyebela (memoirs) |
| 2001 | Gauriprasad Ghosh -- Everyman's Dictionary |
| 2002 | Sudhir Chakraborty -- Baul Fakir Katha (folk culture) |
| 2003 | Tilottama Majumdar -- Basudhara (novel) |
| 2004 | Srijato -- Uranto Sab Joker (poetry) |
| 2005 | Mihir Sengupta -- Bishad Briksha (autobiography) |
| 2006 | Utpal Kumar Basu -- Sukh-Duhkher Sathi (poetry) |
| 2007 | Dhritikanta Lahiri Chaudhuri -- Hatir Boi (on elephants) |
| 2008 | Hasan Azizul Huq -- Agunpakhi (novel) |
| 2009 | Ranajit Guha -- Kabir Naam O Sarbanaam |
| 2010 | Sunanda Sikdar -- Dayamayir Katha |
| 2011 | Gautam Bhadra -- Nyara Bot-tolaye Jai Ko-bar? |
| 2012 | Pinaki Thakur -- Chumbaner Kshata (poetry) |
| 2013 | Ramkumar Mukhopadhyay -- Dhanapatir Singhalyatra (novel) |
| 2014 | Arindam Chakrabarti -- Bhaatkaporer Bhabna Ebong Koyekti Aatpoure Darshanik Prayas (philosophy) |
| 2015 | Swapnamoy Chakraborty -- Holde Golap |
| 2016 | Sudhir Dutta -- Tabu Moi o Srestho Kobitaguccho ('তাঁবু মই ও শ্রেষ্ঠ কবিতাগুচ্ছ') |
| 2017 | Anisuzzaman -- Bipula Prithibi (The Vast World) |
| 2018 | Santosh Rana -- Rajniti Ek Jibon |
| 2019 | Nalini Bera -- Subarnarenu Subarnarekha |