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 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | The Road to The Dust | Amina Azfar | 2007 |
2 | Kuliyāt-i Maktūbāt-i Fārsī Ghalib | Partau Rohila | 2008 |
3 | Urdu Short Stories | Amina Azfar | 2009 |
4 | Zakhm Kā Nishān | Masood Ashar | 2010 |
5 | Katẖā Nagar | Mahmood Ahmad Qazi | 2011 |
6 | Novel Kā Fann | Muhammad Umar Memon | 2013 |
7 | Punjab Lok Rīt | Amjad Ali Bhatti | 2014 |
8 | Kahīṅ Bẖī Rāh Meṅ Manẓil Na Hogī | Hameed Jafari | 2015 |
9 | Muntakhab Sindhi Kahāniyāṅ | Shahid Hinai | 2016 |
10 | Chālīs Charāgh Ishq Kē | Huma Anwar | 2017 |
11 | Falsafah-i Tārīkh (G. W. F. Hegel) | Nasim Ahmed / Iqbal Afaqi | 2018 |
12 | Fasāna-i Aʻalam (Muntakhab Nobel Kahāniyāṅ) | Najmuddin Ahmed | 2019 |
13 | Mʻaṣūmiyat Kā Qatal (Harper Lee Kā Urdu Tarjumah) | Shaukat Nawaz Niazi | 2020 |
14 | Ishteʻāl Kī Faṣl (John Steinbeck Kā Urdu Tarjumah) | Saeed Naqvi | 2021 |
15 | Janūbī Asia Kī Muntakhab Naẑmeṅ | Yasmeen Hameed | 2022 |
Due to the lack of the required number of books published in 2012, the Hassan Askari Award could not be given.