Dipanwita Roy

Dipanwita Roy belongs to the new generation of 21st century writers in Bengali. She began her journey as a writer in 2008 with the publication of a collection of short stories for children. She went on to write for young adults and, eventually, forayed into adult literature. Her works have been published by leading publishers like Ananda Publishers, Sahitya Sansad, Patra Bharati, Debsahitya Kutir and Mitra Ghosh to name a few. Her stories for young children have been translated in English and various Indian languages and published by the National Book Trust, New Delhi. Her stories are regularly broadcast on radio. She has received several prestigious awards including the Bal Sahitya Akademi Puraskar in 2024. She has been functioning as an Executive Committee Member of the Shishu Kishore Academy of the Government of West Bengal for the last 14 years, performing a key role in the publication of the Academy’s bimonthly children’s magazine Chiro Sobuj Lekha and the holding of the annual Kolkata Children’s Film Festival.