Ananda Puraskar

Awardees

• 1958 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• .......Samaresh Basu (Suresh Chandra Majumdar Memorial)
• 1960 – Pramathanath Bishi – Kerry Saheber Munshi (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• 1961 – Syed Mujtaba Ali
• 1963 - Kalidas Roy
• 1964 - Narayan Gangopadhyay
• 1966 – Sukumar Sen
• 1967 – Bimal Kar
• 1968 – Gopal Chandra Bhattacharya
• 1970 – Gour Kishore Ghosh
• 1971 – Satyajit Ray, Santosh Kumar Ghosh
• 1972 – Sunil Gangopadhyay – for general work
• 1973 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay – Manabjomin (novel)
• 1974 – Moti Nandy
• 1975 – Shakti Chattopadhyay
• 1976 – Buddhadeb Guha – Halud Basanta (novel)
• 1978 – Nikhil Sarkar
• 1979 – Syed Mustafa Siraj
• 1980 – Probodh Kumar Sanyal
• 1981 – Sanjib Chattopadhyay
• 1982 – Samaresh Majumdar
• 1983 – Annada Shankar Ray
• 1984 – Subhas Bhattacharya – Adhunik Bangla Prayog Abhidhan (A Dictionary of Modern Bengali Usage),
• .......Dibyendu Palit – Sahajoddha (novel),
• .......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)
• 1987 - Amalesh Tripathi - Itihas o Oitihashik
• 1988 – Abul Bashar
• 1989 – Sunil Gangopadhyay – Purbo-Paschim (novel)
• .......Amitav Ghosh – The Shadow Lines (novel)
• .......Nirad C. Chaudhuri – Thy Hand, Great Anarch! (autobiography)
• 1990 – Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay – Doorbeen (novel)
• .......Jay Goswami – Ghumiechho, Jhaupata? (poetry)
• 1991 – Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Jaya Mitra
• 1992 – Taslima Nasrin – Nirbachito Column (articles)
• 1993 – Bangla Academy (refused)
• .......Clinton B. Seely (Ashok Kumar Sarkar memorial)
• 1994 – Annada Shankar Ray,
• .......Shamsur Rahman,
• .......Anisuzzaman (Ashok Kumar Sarkar Memorial),
• .......Naren Biswas – Aitihyer Angikar (Audio cassettes, 13 Nos.)
• 1995 – Dr. Nazrul Islam – Bakul (novel),
• .......Debarati Mitra - Bhutera O Khuki
• 1996 – Akhtaruzzaman Elias – Khwabnama (novel)
• 1997 – Bani Basu – Maitreya Jatak (novel) (Prafulla Kumar Sarkar Memorial)
• ........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 Choudhury – 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
• 2017 – Anisuzzaman – Bipula Prithibi (The Vast World)
• 2018 – Santosh Rana – Rajniti Ek Jibon
• 2019 – Nalini Bera – Subarnarenu Subarnarekha
• 2023 – Dr. Purnendu Bikas Sarkar – Gitabitan Tathyobhandar
• 2025 – Smaranjit Chakraborty
• 2026 – Parimal Bhattacharya – Satgaonr Haoatantira