SAARC Literary Award
SAARC Literary Award is an annual award conferred by the Foundation of SAARC [Writers and Literature] since 2001 Shamshur Rahman, Mahasweta Devi, Jayanta Mahapatra, Abhi Subedi, Mark Tully, Sitakant Mahapatra,Nayyara Rahman Uday Prakash, Suman Pokhrel, and Abhay K have been some of the recipients of this award.
Nepali poet, lyricist, and translator Suman Pokhrel is only writer to have been given this award twice.
Award Recipients
The year wise list of the award recipients are as follows:| Year | Poet/Writer | Nationality |
| 2001 | Ganesh Narayandas Devy |  India |