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 onlyএইখানে 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
- 1903
Born in Faridpur
- 1929
Published Nakshi Kanthar Math
- 1933
Joined the University of Dhaka
- 1971
Bangladesh became independent
- 1976
Died in Dhaka