Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Feb 1991.] Smrity Award Following Bengali writers and free-thinkers received Drouhee Kotha-shahitayk Abdur Rouf Choudhury ‘Smrity Award’ : Partho Sharati Choudhury (Poetry, 1997) Shamshuzaman Khan (Folklore, 1998) Razia Khan (Novel, 1999) Shah Abdul Karim (Music Baul, 2000) Farid Gazi (Bangladesh Independence War, 2001) Shirajul Islam Choudhury (Philosophy, 2002) Hasan Azizul Huq (Literature, 2003) Barun Ray (Politics, 2004) Comments and reviews Abdul Mannan Syed, New Horizon: A new direction for Bengali novels, 2004. Biplob Maji, A new style for the world of Bengali novels, Amritalok:106, 2006. Ketoki Dyson, Life on Distant Shores by A R Choudhury, Feb 2005. Syed Mojurul Islam, New Horizan for Bengali, Feb 2005. Shirajul Islam Choudhury, A R Choudhury's works, 2001. Hasan Azizul Huq, A free-thinker, 2003. Selina Hussain, Women in Choudhury's writings, 1997. Shamshuzaman Khan, Folk culture in Choudhury's works, 1998. Jibani Granthamala: A Series of Literary biographies, Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Feb 1999. Biletey Bish Shotoker Bangla Kobi, Rabbani Choudhury, Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka, Feb 2000. Silver Jubilee Commemorative Volume of Bangladesh Independence, The committee to celebrate the silver jubilee of Bangladesh Independence, London, 1997. Brihattar Syleter Itihas (History of Greater Sylhet) Vol.1, Brihattar Sylheter Itihas Pranayan Parished, November 1997. Shoto Bochorer Sangbadikota, Sylhet Itihas Pranayan Parished, Jan 1998. Habiganj Porikroma, Habiganj Etihash Pronoyan Parished, Bangladesh, October 1994. Protayo, Shahitya Porishad, 1993. Habiganj-er Muslim Manosh, Habiganj. Habiganj-er Shahitoyang, Nandalal Sharma, Jhalabad Lokashahitya Porishad, Bangladesh, December 1992. Aajo Onek Rohoshya, London, 1997. Sharak 1 (Dhaka, 1997), Sharak 2 (Dhaka, 1998), Sharak 3, (Dhaka, 1999). References 1929 births 1996 deaths People from Nabiganj Upazila Bengali-language writers Bangladeshi male novelists 20th-century novelists 20th-century Bangladeshi male writers