Nazrul Institute Honors a Legend
Kazi Nazrul Islam is the national poet of Bangladesh. His creative abilities not only influenced the literary world in Bangladesh, but have been far more influential with regard to the arts of the country than any other poet before or after him. He reached out to the nation through his music and through his words, and his work was considered to be so vital, that the Nazrul Institute was established in 1985 to carry out research and publications in regard to preserving Kazi Nazrul Islam, in the culture of Bangladesh.
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