Nazrul Academy is an academic research institution devoted to the study of the national poet of Bangladesh,

Kazi Nazrul Islam Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a Bengalis, Bengali poet, short story writer, journalist, lyricist and musician. He is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul produced a List of works by Kazi Nazrul Islam, large body of ...

, and his works including

Nazrul Geeti Nazrul Sangeet (), also Nazrul Geeti (; ), refers to the songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, who is the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul Geeti incorporate revolutionary notions as well as more spiritual, philosophical and romant ...

. The academy is located in

Moghbazar Maghbazar () or Mogbazar is a neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is located near the neighbourhoods of Tejgaon, Segunbagicha, Ramna and Malibagh, under the jurisdiction of Ramna and Hatirjheel thanas. Its origins date back to the Mughal Em ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

, Bangladesh.

History

Nazrul Academy was established by the poet

Talim Hossain Talim Hossain (29 October 1918 – 21 February 1999) was a Bangladeshi poet. He was the founder of Kabi Nazrul Institute in Dhaka. He was the editor of the literary magazine '' Mahe Nao'' in the 1960s. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1982 by the ...

on 24 May 1968 in

in the then

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

. Justice

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (31 January 1921 – 2 August 1987) was a jurist and the second president of Bangladesh. Besides that, he held the positions of the chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the vice-chancellor of the Uni ...

, the future president of Bangladesh, was the first chairman of the academy.

Functions and activities

Nazrul Academy Award

Sohrab Hossain Sohrab Hossain (9 April 1922 – 27 December 2012) was a Bangladeshi singer and an exponent of Nazrul Sangeet. From his childhood, he was interested in music and started learning music. He met singer Abbas Uddin in a function in Ranaghat. Then he ...

(1982) *

Abdul Alim ʻAbd Al-ʻAlīm (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''Al-ʻAlīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the ...

(1996) * Begum Uma Kazi and

Nilufar Yasmin Nilufar Yasmin (13 February 1948 – 10 March 2003) was a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet, Rajanikanta Geeti, Dwijendra Geeti and Atul Prasdi genre. She was the fourth of five Yasmin sisters of Bangladesh music. Her siblings are Farida ...

(2003) * Shahabuddin Ahmed and Mintu Rahman (2005) * Rafiqul Islam and Abdul Mannan Syed (2006) * Khalid Hossain and Asadul Haq (2007) * A H Saidur Rahman and Askar Ibne Shaikh (2008) * Mohammad Abdul Qayyum and

Rawshan Ara Mustafiz Rawshan Ara Mustafiz is a Bangladeshi singer of Nazrul Sangeet genre. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2006 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and career Mustafiz learned music from her mother Rashida Khatun Chowdhury and started to perf ...

(2009) *

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (; 8 December 1936 – 10 May 2025) was a Bangladeshi musicologist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1995 by the Government of Bangladesh. Abbasi was the youngest son of folk singer-composer Abbas Uddin Ahmed. As of 2016, he ...

(2012) * M.A. Mannan (2014) *

Syed Abdul Hadi Syed Abdul Hadi (born 1 July 1940) is a Bangladeshi singer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer five times for his playback performance in the films '' Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1979), '' Sundori'' (1979), ''Kosha ...

(2016) *Begum Jamila Alim (2019)

Notable alumni

Dilshad Nahar Kona Dilshad Nahar Kona (born 15 April 1981; known as Kona) is a Bangladeshi singer. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her song ''"Tui Ki Amar Hobi Re"'' in the film '' Bishwoshundori'' (2020). Early life Ko ...

* Rafiqul Islam

References

Research institutes in Bangladesh Memorials to Kazi Nazrul Islam 1968 establishments in East Pakistan Organisations based in Dhaka {{Bangladesh-org-stub