Artists and artisans come together at the Faculty of Fine Art to make masks and floats for the Pohela Boishakh procession
Academy's Director General Shamsuzzaman Khan made the announcement on Monday at a media briefing.
The others nominated are Morshed Shafiul Hasan for research, Niyaz Zaman for translation, MA Hasan for literatures on Liberation War, Noorjahan Bose for autobiography and memoir and Rashed Rouf for children’s literature.