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Kazi Nazrul Islam

1899 - 1976

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Kazi Nazrul Islam (Bengali: কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম, pronounced [kad͡ʒi ˈnod͡ʒɾul islam] ; 24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengali poet, short story writer, journalist, lyricist and musician. He is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul produced a large body of poetry, music, messages, novels, and stories with themes, that included equality, justice, anti-imperialism, humanity, rebellion against oppression and religious devotion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kazi Nazrul Islam has received more than 2,466,870 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Kazi Nazrul Islam is the 1,061st most popular writer (up from 1,063rd in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from India (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 47

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Notable Works

Sanchita
1985
Kabi Kājī Najarula Isalāma o Cakrabāka
1964
Najarulera Agnibīṇā
1968
Najarulera Bishera bām̐śī
1969
Awake beautiful eternal-youth!
2006
Sindhu hindola
1969
Sunirbachita Nazrul Geeti - Swaralipi
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Translations into English, Drama, Criticism and interpretation
Chiefly English translation of selected poems; includes a play based on the life history of poet.
2013
Najarula-patrābalī
1970
Sanchita
1985
Kr̥pāṇa o Bīṇā, Kājī Najarula Isalāma smārakagrantha
Criticism and interpretation
Contributed articles on the life and works of Kazi Nazrul Islam, 1899-1976, Bengali author; memorial volume.
2009
Dhūmaketu
1962

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 1,061 out of 7,302. Before him are Zhuanxu, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ernst Barlach, Adalbert Stifter, Ibn Sirin, and Zelda Fitzgerald. After him are Titus Pomponius Atticus, Egeria, Ernst Toller, Valerie Solanas, Sonia Rykiel, and Madeleine de Scudéry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 48. Before him are Lucio Fontana, Macfarlane Burnet, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Sobhuza II, James Cagney, and Franz Jonas. After him are Georges Auric, Charles Boyer, Henri Michaux, P. L. Travers, Louis Hjelmslev, and Lao She. Among people deceased in 1976, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 46. Before him are René Cassin, Josef Albers, Paul Lazarsfeld, David Elazar, Yonatan Netanyahu, and João Goulart. After him are George Whipple, George Ostrogorsky, Eileen Gray, Phil Ochs, Carlo Gambino, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 125 out of 1,861. Before him are Chandragupta II (400), Sambhaji (1657), Vishvamitra (-2000), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Buddhaghosa (401), and Ravi Shankar (1956). After him are Dadabhai Naoroji (1825), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Kazi Nazrul Islam ranks 20. Before him are Sarojini Naidu (1879), Basava (1134), Ahmed Deedat (1918), Tukaram (1608), Vātsyāyana (300), and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee (1838). After him are Bharata Muni (-1000), Vidyapati (1352), Deepak Chopra (1946), Sankardev (1449), Bāṇabhaṭṭa (601), and Namdev (1270).

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