Abdul Hye Mashreki

Abdul Hye Mashreki (1 April 1919 – 4 December 1988)[2] was a Bangladeshi folk litterateur and poet.

Some notable works of him include Rakhal Bondhu, Jarina Sundari, Allah Megh De Chaya De, Fande Poriya Boga Kande Re, Amar Kakher Kolshi, He Amar Desh and Kichu Rekhe Jete Chai.

[1][5] Mashreki wrote against the social, economical, religious and racial discrimination in the rural area.

Mihir Acarya, researcher of Bengali literature named three main folk poets – Mashreki, Jasimuddin and Bande Ali Mia – in his research in the time period of 1917 to 1936.

[6] Mashreki was born in the village of Kakonhati of Ishwarganj Upazila in Mymensingh District on 1 April 1919 in his maternal uncle's house[7][8] His father Osman Gani was an active worker of the movement against Jamindar and his mother was Rahima Khatun.