Kazi Sabyasachi


Kazi Sabyasachi 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.
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.

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. The 2012 award went to Kazi Abu Zafar Siddiqui.