Abul Kalam Qasmi | |
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| Born | 20 December 1950 Darbhanga, Bihar, India |
| Died | 8 July 2021 (aged 70) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Main interests | Urdu literature, Urdu criticism |
| Notable works | The Criticism of Poetry, Novel ka Fun |
Abul Kalam Qasmi (20 December 1950 – 8 July 2021) was an Indian scholar, literary critic, and a poet of the Urdu language who served as the dean of the Faculty of Arts at the Aligarh Muslim University. He was the editor of Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq and authored books such as The Criticism of Poetry. He translated E. M. Forster's Aspects of the Novel into Urdu as Novel ka Fun. He was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009, and the Ghalib Award in 2013.
Qasmi was an alumnus of the Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamia Millia Islamia and the Aligarh Muslim University. He served as the head professor of the Urdu department of Aligarh Muslim University between 1996 and 1999. He was considered a major pillar of Urdu criticism.