Kazi Sabyasachi (died in ) was a Bengali elocutionist. He was the eldest surviving son of one of the most prolific Bengali poets of the 20th century

Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam ( bn, কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম, ; 24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, Bengali literature, writer, Bangladeshi music, musician, and is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul is regarded as one ...

. Sabyasachi came to fame in the 1960s and '70s as a reciter. In 1966, he became the first to record the recitation of '' Bidrohi'', a poem by Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Early life and family

Sabyasachi was the eldest surviving son of one of the most prolific Bengali poets of the 20th century

. His family traced their origins to the

Burdwan district Bardhaman district (, ; also spelled Burdwan or Barddhaman or Vardhaman) was a district in West Bengal. On 7 April 2017, the district was bifurcated into two districts: Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman district. The headquarters of the dist ...

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Legacy

In 2012, the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the

Government of Bangladesh The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh ( bn, গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকার — ) is the central executive government of Bangladesh. The government was constituted by the Con ...

initiated ''Kazi Sabyasachi Memorial Award'' for two elocutionists - one from Bangladesh and one from India. Recipients of the award is listed below: 2012 - Kazi Abu Zafar Siddiqui. 2016 - Soumitra Chatterjee and Kazi Arif

References

1979 deaths Bangladeshi artists Kazi Nazrul Islam People from Paschim Bardhaman district Bangladeshi people of Indian descent {{Bangladesh-bio-stub