Three poets and literates got ‘Kishor Kantha Literary Award 2009’ for their outstanding contributions in child literature. The award was given by the Kishor Kantha Foundation at a Kishor Kanta Writers’ Conference and Award Giving Ceremony at Engineers Institution Bangladesh in the city today. The awarded poets and literates are Poet Farrukh Ahmed (posthumous), Poet Jahanara Arju and Poet Asad Chowdhury, who received honorary cheque, crests and certificates from the foundation. Former chief adviser to the caretaker government Justice Latifur Rahman attended the ceremony as chief guest with former director general of Shishu Academy Prof Jubaida Gulshan Ara in the chair. Latifur Rahman said the children are the real human resources for future nation building. Praising the authority of the Kishor Kantha Foundation, he underscored the need for increasing child related activities to explore their knowledge and creativity. Asad Chowdhury, who received the ward, thanked the authority for evaluation the writers and said, “we forget our history and we do not preserve it despite the history is the lessons of the future generation. ” Poet Ahmed Akhter, son of Farrukh, recalled the life of his father while he was receiving the award on behalf of his late father. The function was attended, among others, by editor of The New Nation Mostafa Kamal Majumder, former executive director of Nazrul Institute Poet Abdul Hye Shikder, editor of monthly Fulkuri Poet Joynul Abedin Azad, chairman of Kishor Kantha Foundation Mohammad Rezaul Karim, editor of monthly Kishor Kanta Mosharraf Hossain Khan, its managing editor Shishir Mohammad Monir and executive editor Dr Abdullah Al Mamun Chowdhury.