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Bangladeshi poet

For other people with similar names, see Jasimuddin (disambiguation).

Jasimuddin (Bengali: জসীম উদ্‌দীন; 1 January 1903 – 14 March 1976), popularly called Palli Kabi (lit. 'Pastoral Poet'), was a Bangladeshi poet, lyricist, composer and writer widely celebrated for his modern ballad sagas in the pastoral mode.^[1] Although his full name is Jasim Uddin Mollah, he is known as Jasim Uddin.^[2] His Nakshi Kanthar Math and Sojan Badiar Ghat are considered among the best lyrical poems in the Bengali language.^[3] He is the key figure for the revivals of pastoral literature in Bengal during the 20th century.^[1] As a versatile writer, Jasimuddin wrote poems, ballads, songs, dramas, novel, stories, memoirs, travelogues, etc.^[4]

Born in Faridpur, Jasimuddin was educated at Calcutta University where he also worked as Ramtanu Lahiri assistant research fellow under Dinesh Chandra Sen from 1931 to 1937.