Karachi, January 15, 2022 (PPI-OT):Being organized by the children’ premier Urdu Monthly Sathee, the 16th edition of the Sathee Writers’ Awards for the year 2022 is being held today here at the Karachi Arts Council. The well-known Urdu playwright Anwar Maqsood will be chief guest on the occasion, which happens to be one of the subcontinent’s largest annual literary events solely dedicated to children’s literature.
Every year, Sathee Writers’ Awards are given to the most prolific Urdu writers, poets and essayists for their valuable contributions to children’s literature. Pakistan’s leading poets, writers, educationists and intellectuals will grace the one of its kind literary festival celebrating children’s literature. More prominent names include renowned scholar, Pirzada Qasim, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Ziauddin University, Ahmed Shah, President, Karachi Arts Council, Prof. Dr. Tanzeem-ul-Firdous, and Chairperson of the Karachi University’s Urdu Department, Shahid Risam, renowned artist, and many others.
Started in 1977 in a single-roomed office, Monthly Sathee has emerged as the most popular children’s Urdu monthly in the subcontinent. Despite severe financial setbacks and lack of support by government and literary societies, the magazine is an embodiment of lifelong efforts made by the lot of Urdu writers as well as the publisher.
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