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Kazi Nazrul Islam, popularly known as bidrohi kobi (Rebel poet) took the bengali literary world by storm by his poem, bidrohi or the Rebel...Probably no other single poem influenced the Bengali society and people so deeply, and this poem, alongwith many other patriotic poems and songs, inspired the freedom fighters during the struggle against the british, and also during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971....Many regard him as the greatest poetic force in Bengali literature after world famous Rabindranath Tagore... Both Nazrul's poems and prose writing exuberate a certain force and energy, denouncing all social and religious bigotry and plurality, cultural differences and oppression as the principal reasons for national discord and disharmony....Many of his songs and poems were banned by the british administration in pre-partition India. The national poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in Churulia, Burdhaman district, West Bengal in 1899 (1306 Bengali year.)...He didn't grow up with the luxury of enjoying his boyhood, rather lost his father in his early life....For financial hardship, he worked as a teacher in a lower "Islamic school," at the age of 9...His education went up to 10th grade but continued learning Arabic and Persian languages....As a boy, he translated Persian ghazals and Arabic writings in Bengali....He also educated himself enough to enjoy the writings of Keats, Shelly and Whitman.
Nazrul also got equal prominence and popularity in writing songs, almost 3,000 of them, the largest by any Bengali poet and composing music...Nazrul holds the world record of recorded songs, most of which, the music were composed by Nazrul himself....(Source: Nazrul Institute.) Many of his songs, particularly the love songs became instantly popular and are still revered. His songs are extremely romantic, lyric, appealing and rich in metaphors...All his works truthfully represent the life-style he led - the struggle of a poor childhood, his intense patriotism, and bohemian life as a poet.
Nazrul wrote 50 books of poetry and songs, 6 books of stories and novels, 3 books of translations, 53 plays, verse-plays and operas, 2 movie scripts, 5 books of essays and 4000 songs and ghazals. (Source: Nazrul Institute, Bangladesh.) His chief works are: Agnivina, Sanchita, Dolan Champa, Chayanat.
With consent of the Indian government, Nazrul and his family were brought to independent Bangladesh on 24 May 1972...In recognition of his contribution to Bangla literature and culture, Dhaka University awarded the poet the honorary degree of DLitt at a special convocation on 9 December 1974...In January 1976, the Bangladesh government granted him citizenship of Bangladesh and on February 21 awarded him the 'Ekushey Padak'.
On 29 August 1976 the poet died at the Institute of Post Graduate Medicine and Research (now BSMM University) in Dhaka...The national poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam was buried with state honour on Dhaka University campus, on the northern side of Dhaka University mosque.
"I clasp the hood of the snake-king
and the fiery wing of the angel Gabriel.
I am the child-divine-restless and defiant.
With my teeth I tear apart the skirt of mother Earth."
Kazi Nazrul Islam, popularly known as bidrohi kobi (Rebel poet) took the bengali literary world by storm by his poem, bidrohi or the Rebel...Probably no other single poem influenced the Bengali society and people so deeply, and this poem, alongwith many other patriotic poems and songs, inspired the freedom fighters during the struggle against the british, and also during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971....Many regard him as the greatest poetic force in Bengali literature after world famous Rabindranath Tagore... Both Nazrul's poems and prose writing exuberate a certain force and energy, denouncing all social and religious bigotry and plurality, cultural differences and oppression as the principal reasons for national discord and disharmony....Many of his songs and poems were banned by the british administration in pre-partition India. The national poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in Churulia, Burdhaman district, West Bengal in 1899 (1306 Bengali year.)...He didn't grow up with the luxury of enjoying his boyhood, rather lost his father in his early life....For financial hardship, he worked as a teacher in a lower "Islamic school," at the age of 9...His education went up to 10th grade but continued learning Arabic and Persian languages....As a boy, he translated Persian ghazals and Arabic writings in Bengali....He also educated himself enough to enjoy the writings of Keats, Shelly and Whitman.
"I am unstoppable, irresponsible, brutal
I am Nataraja, I destroy the universe
With my metered dance.
Like a cyclone, I blow fear into the hearts of men
I crush underfoot all rules and traditions
Fully laden boats I sink, a dark menace:
A torpedo, a floating mine.
My hair dishevelled, I am the untimely storm
Unpredictable. I am the first raindrop
Tenderly I kiss the parched soil.
Rebel Incarnate I have come
From the womb of Mother Universe."
Through literature, journalism and political activism, Nazrul fought against foreign rule, communalism, imperialism, colonialism, fundamentalism and exploitation. In response, the British colonial government proscribed his books and newspapers and put him behind bars... Through his written Rajbandir Jabanbandi (a political prisoner's deposition) and his 40-day hunger strike, Nazrul protested against the harassment...In support of him, Rabindranath dedicated to him his musical play Basanta (22 January 1923)...Nazrul celebrated the news by composing his poem about the ecstasy of poetic creation: 'Aj Srsti Sukher Ullase' (In the ecstasy of creation).. While in Hughli Jail Nazrul wrote his famous song, 'Ei shikal-para chhal moder e shikal-para chhal' (Chains cannot bind us) and in Behrampur jail he wrote another famous song 'Jater name bajjati sab jat-jaliyat khelchhe juya' (The communal cheats are gambling in the name of communities).I am Nataraja, I destroy the universe
With my metered dance.
Like a cyclone, I blow fear into the hearts of men
I crush underfoot all rules and traditions
Fully laden boats I sink, a dark menace:
A torpedo, a floating mine.
My hair dishevelled, I am the untimely storm
Unpredictable. I am the first raindrop
Tenderly I kiss the parched soil.
Rebel Incarnate I have come
From the womb of Mother Universe."
Nazrul also got equal prominence and popularity in writing songs, almost 3,000 of them, the largest by any Bengali poet and composing music...Nazrul holds the world record of recorded songs, most of which, the music were composed by Nazrul himself....(Source: Nazrul Institute.) Many of his songs, particularly the love songs became instantly popular and are still revered. His songs are extremely romantic, lyric, appealing and rich in metaphors...All his works truthfully represent the life-style he led - the struggle of a poor childhood, his intense patriotism, and bohemian life as a poet.
Nazrul wrote 50 books of poetry and songs, 6 books of stories and novels, 3 books of translations, 53 plays, verse-plays and operas, 2 movie scripts, 5 books of essays and 4000 songs and ghazals. (Source: Nazrul Institute, Bangladesh.) His chief works are: Agnivina, Sanchita, Dolan Champa, Chayanat.
With consent of the Indian government, Nazrul and his family were brought to independent Bangladesh on 24 May 1972...In recognition of his contribution to Bangla literature and culture, Dhaka University awarded the poet the honorary degree of DLitt at a special convocation on 9 December 1974...In January 1976, the Bangladesh government granted him citizenship of Bangladesh and on February 21 awarded him the 'Ekushey Padak'.
On 29 August 1976 the poet died at the Institute of Post Graduate Medicine and Research (now BSMM University) in Dhaka...The national poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam was buried with state honour on Dhaka University campus, on the northern side of Dhaka University mosque.
"I clasp the hood of the snake-king
and the fiery wing of the angel Gabriel.
I am the child-divine-restless and defiant.
With my teeth I tear apart the skirt of mother Earth."