Kazi Sabyasachi

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Kazi Sabyasachi
কাজী সব্যসাচী
Born(1928-10-09)October 9, 1928
DiedMarch 2, 1979(1979-03-02) (aged 50)
Nationality Bangladeshi
OccupationRecitation
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Kazi Sabyasachi (9 October 1928 - 2 March 1979) [2] [3] 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. [4]

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Sabyasachi came to fame in the 1960s and '70s as a reciter. [5] In 1966, he became the first to record the recitation of Bidrohi , a poem by Kazi Nazrul Islam. [4] [2]

Early life and family

Sabyasachi was the eldest surviving son of one of the most prolific Bengali poets of the 20th century Kazi Nazrul Islam. [4] His family traced their origins to the Burdwan district in West Bengal.

Legacy

In 2012, the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh initiated Kazi Sabyasachi Memorial Award for two elocutionists - one from Bangladesh and one from India. [4] [2]

Recipients of the award include: 2012 - Kazi Abu Zafar Siddique [6] ; 2016 - Soumitra Chatterjee and Kazi Arif.

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