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1903–1976 · Faridpur, Bengal

Jasimuddin

Jasimuddin was a poet and songwriter celebrated for bringing rural Bengali life into literature. His narrative poems draw on village speech, folk forms, and intimate human feeling. He is often called the Palli Kabi, or poet of the countryside.

“His writing preserved the texture of rural speech and folk culture without reducing its people to scenery.”

Selected writings

Kobor (a line)

In copyright — short quote only

এইখানে তোর দাদির কবর ডালিম-গাছের তলে,

Here lies your grandmother, beneath the pomegranate tree,

Source: Kobor, 1925 · Read the full work at the source

Life & times

  1. 1903

    Born in Faridpur

  2. 1929

    Published Nakshi Kanthar Math

  3. 1933

    Joined the University of Dhaka

  4. 1971

    Bangladesh became independent

  5. 1976

    Died in Dhaka