National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s works translated in Portuguese, Spanish

Some selected works of Bangladesh’s national poet have been translated in Portuguese and Spanish for new audiences in Europe and South America.

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam unveiled two books at Nazrul Institute in Dhaka on Thursday.

 

Deputy Head of Mission of Spanish embassy Patrick Sandoval Nicholas and Deputy Chief of Mission, Brazil embassy Julio Cesar Silva were also present, along with the translators.

 

Maria Helena Barrera Agarwal, a famous poet and translator of Equador, has published a book in Spanish containing 150 selected prose and songs of Nazrul Islam

 

Anna Rita Baptista Rodrigues Jacinta, a freelance translator of Lisbon, has translated his 78 poems, songs and essays in Portuguese.

 

Earlier, Nazrul’s works have been translated in 10 foreign languages including English, Urdu, Turkish, Russian, German, Italian, French, Japanese, and Chinese.

 

State Minister Alam said Nazrul's “impassioned activism for political and social justice earned him the title of The Rebel Poet. He is a poet of rare versatility, a musician, a lover, a warrior”.