This is a list of the recipients of the Bangla Academy Literary Award from 1980 to 1989.
1980 Dilwar Khan (poetry) Selina Hossain (novel) (short story) Abu Mohamed Habibullah (essay-research) Al Kamal Abdul Ohab (juvenile literature) Neyamal Basir (translation)
1981 Omar Ali (poetry) Rafiq Azad (poetry) Humayun Ahmed (novel) Laila Samad (short story) Abdul Mannan Syed (essay-research) Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq (essay-research) Halima Khatun (juvenile literature) Razia Mahbub (juvenile literature) Sunil Kumar Mukhopaddhay (juvenile literature)
1982 Nirmalendu Goon (poetry) Akhteruzzaman Elias (short story) Ghulam Murshid (essay-research) Mustafa Nurul Islam (essay-research) Mamunur Rashid (drama)
1983 Mahadev Saha (poetry) Subrata Barua (short story) Khalekdad Chowdhury (novel) Selim Al Deen (drama) Abul Hasna Md Ismail (essay-research) Mohammad Abdul Zabbar (essay-research) Hayat Mamud (juvenile literature) Gazi Shamsur Rahman (translation) Mohammad Abdul Jabbar (essay-research)
1984 Belal Chowdhury (poetry) Rashid Haider (novel) Muhammad Habibur Rahman (essay-research) Rafiqul Islam (essay-research)
1985 None
1986 Mohammad Rafiq Humayun Azad
1987 Asad Chowdhury Dwijen Sharma
1988 Abubakar Siddique Mohammad Nurul Huda
1989 Azizul Haque Syed Akram Hossain
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