Kamal-e-Fun Award (Urdu: ) is a lifetime achievement literary award presented annually by Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL). The award was set up in 1997 and is given to Pakistani scholars for their entire literary career. The winner receives Rs. 10,00,000.
Recipients Year Photo Awardee Genre(s) Ref. 1997 Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Poetry and fiction Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi passes away, Dawn, 11 July 2006. Retrieved 26 June 2019. 1998 Intizar Hussain Novel "I'm a man only of fiction" Intizar Hussain, Dawn, 23 April 2009. 1999 Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi Humor 2000 Ahmad Faraz Poetry 2001 Shaukat Siddiqui Novel and drama KARACHI: Shaukat Siddiqui gets award, Dawn, 12 July 2003. Retrieved 25 July 2018. 2002 Munir Niazi Poetry 2003 Ada Jafri Poetry 2004 Sobho Gianchandani Revolutionary writing 2005 Nabi Bakhsh Baloch Research and linguistics 2006 Jamiluddin Aali Research, poetry and travel writing 2007 Ajmal Khattak Poetry 2008 Abdullah Jan Jamaldini Authorship 2009 Lutfullah Khan Authorship and travel writing Kamal-e-Fun Award given to Lutfullah Khan, Dawn, 3 November 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2019. 2010 Bano Qudsia Novel and fiction 2011 Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo Research writing 2012 Abdullah Hussain Novel 2013 Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Novel 2014 Fahmida Riaz Novel and poetry 2015 Kishwar Naheed Poetry 2016 Amar Jaleel Fiction and column writing 2017 Jamil Jalibi Linguistics and literary criticism 2018 Muneer Ahmed Badini Novel 2019 Asad Muhammad Khan Novel and poetry 2020 Mustansar Hussain Tarar Ashu Lal Faqeer Novel, poetry and travel writing 2021 Zafar Iqbal Poetry 2022 Hasan Manzar Novels and short stories 2023 Iftikhar Arif Poetry 2024 Ata ul Haq Qasmi Poetry and prose 2025 Abdur Rehman Brahui Poetry and prose
See also Pakistan Academy of Letters References