Kazi Nazrul Islam (, ; ) (25 May 1899 – 29 August 1976) was a
Bengali poet,
writer,
musician, and
revolutionary, and is the national poet of
Bangladesh. Popularly known as
Nazrul, his poetry and music espoused Indo-Islamic renaissance and intense spiritual rebellion against fascism and oppression. Nazrul's impassioned activism for political and social justice earned him the title of
The Rebel Poet (
Bengali: বিদ্রোহী কবি;
Bidrohi Kobi). His compositions form the
avant-garde genre of
Nazrul Sangeet (
Music of Nazrul). Accomplishing a
large body of acclaimed works through his life, he is officially recognised as the
National Poet of Bangladesh and is highly commemorated and revered in India, especially in
West Bengal.