Native name: Kazi Nazrul Islam
Born: 24 May 1899 .
Churulia, Burdwan District, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India)
Died : 29 August 1976 (aged 77)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Resting place: Dhaka University
Occupation:
• Poet
• short-story writer
• song composer
• novelist
• playwright
• essayist
Language :
• Bengali
• Hindustani
• Persian
Nationality: Bangladeshi, Indian
Period: 1922–1964
Literary movement: Bengali renaissance
Notable works:
• Notuner Gaan
• Bidrohi
• Pralayollas
• Dhumketu
• Agniveena
• Bandhan Hara
• Nazrul Geeti
Notable awards:
• Independence Day Award (1977)
• Ekushey Padak
• Padma Bhushan
Spouse: Pramila Devi
