Kazi Sabyasachi
{{Short description|Bengali elocutionist}}
{{infobox person
|name=Kazi Sabyasachi
|native_name = কাজী সব্যসাচী
|native_name_lang=bn
|birth_date = {{birth date |1928|10|09|df=y}}
|birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
|death_date={{ death date and age |1979|03|02|1928|10|09|df=y}}
|death_place= Dacca, Bangladesh
|nationality= Bangladeshi
|occupation= Recitation
|father=Kazi Nazrul Islam
|mother=Pramila Devi
|spouses=Uma Kazi
|children = {{unbulleted list|Khilkhil Kazi|Mistee Kazi|Babul Kazi}}
}}
Kazi Sabyasachi (9 October 1928 – 2 March 1979){{cite book | title=Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I | publisher= Sahitya Sansad,Kolkata | author=Subodhchandra Senguta & Anjali Bose | year=2016 | pages=766 | isbn=978-81-7955-135-6}} was a Bengali elocutionist. He was the third son of the national poet of Bangladesh, Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Sabyasachi came to fame in the 1960s and '70s as a reciter.{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-89685 | title=The many facets of Nazrul | work=The Daily Star | date=25 May 2009 | accessdate=27 August 2016 | author=Mahmud, Jamil}} In 1966, he became the first to record the recitation of Bidrohi, a poem by Kazi Nazrul Islam.
Early life and family
Sabyasachi was born on 9 October 1928 to Kazi Nazrul Islam and Pramila Devi. His family traced their origins to the Burdwan district in West Bengal. Sabyasachi had three brothers, Krishna Mohammad, Arindam Khaled Bulbul, and Kazi Aniruddha (d. 1974).{{Cite news|title=Grandson of Kazi Nazrul Islam critically injured in ‘gas lighter blast’ |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/de246eb20c4f |access-date=2025-01-19 |date=2025-01-18|website=bdnews24.com |language=en}} Sabyasachi was married to Uma Kazi (d. 2020).{{Cite news |date=2020-01-16 |title=Kazi Nazrul Islam’s daughter-in-law passes away |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/454561/Kazi-Nazrul-Islam%E2%80%99s-daughter-in-law-passes-away |access-date=2025-01-20 |work=Daily Sun|language=en}} Together they had two daughters, Khilkhil Kazi and Mistee Kazi, and, a son, Babul Kazi (d. 2025).{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Political-mud-slinging-upsets-Kazi-Nazruls-family/articleshow/11383176.cms | title=Political mud-slinging upsets Kazi Nazrul's family | work=Times of India | date=2012-01-06 | accessdate=2025-01-19 | author=Sen, Saibal}}{{Cite web |website=bdnews24.com |title=Kazi Nazrul Islam’s grandson dies in treatment |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/1b39a3cd9c32 |access-date=2025-01-19|language=en}}
Legacy
In 2012, the Ministry of Cultural Affairs of Bangladesh initiated Kazi Sabyasachi Memorial Award for two elocutionists - one from Bangladesh and one from India.{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-235685 | title=Award in elocution, in honour of Kazi Sabyasachi | work=The Daily Star | date=26 May 2012 | accessdate=27 August 2016}}{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/soumitra-and-kazi-arif-receive-kazi-sabyasachi-award-785890 | title=Soumitra and Kazi Arif receive Kazi Sabyasachi Award | work=The Daily Star | date=4 March 2016 | accessdate=27 August 2016 | author=Alom, Zahangir}} Recipients of the award include: 2012 - Kazi Abu Zafar Siddique;{{cite news | url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-235781 | title=Sabyasachi Award... | work=The Daily Star | date=26 May 2012 | accessdate=27 August 2016}} 2016 - Soumitra Chatterjee and Kazi Arif.
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