Translations Awards

Translations: The Hassan Askari Award

Named after prominent Urdu critic and translator Hassan Askari, this award is given every year to books translated into Urdu and English from various Pakistani or international languages. This award was launched in 2007. So far the following translators have received this award.

# Title Author/Translator Year
1The Road to The DustAmina Azfar2007
2Kuliyāt-i Maktūbāt-i Fārsī GhalibPartau Rohila2008
3Urdu Short StoriesAmina Azfar2009
4Zakhm Kā NishānMasood Ashar2010
5Katẖā NagarMahmood Ahmad Qazi2011
6Novel Kā FannMuhammad Umar Memon2013
7Punjab Lok RītAmjad Ali Bhatti2014
8Kahīṅ Bẖī Rāh Meṅ Manẓil Na HogīHameed Jafari2015
9Muntakhab Sindhi KahāniyāṅShahid Hinai2016
10Chālīs Charāgh Ishq KēHuma Anwar2017
11Falsafah-i Tārīkh (G. W. F. Hegel)Nasim Ahmed / Iqbal Afaqi2018
12Fasāna-i Aʻalam (Muntakhab Nobel Kahāniyāṅ)Najmuddin Ahmed2019
13Mʻaṣūmiyat Kā Qatal (Harper Lee Kā Urdu Tarjumah)Shaukat Nawaz Niazi2020
14Ishteʻāl Kī Faṣl (John Steinbeck Kā Urdu Tarjumah)Saeed Naqvi2021
15Janūbī Asia Kī Muntakhab NaẑmeṅYasmeen Hameed2022

Due to the lack of the required number of books published in 2012, the Hassan Askari Award could not be given.