Hindol Bhattacharjee, born in 1978, is a poet, essayist, novelist, short story writer and a translator. Born and brought up in Kolkata, India, he writes in Bengali. He knows Bengali, English and German. Being one of the major poets of Bengal, he has more than 20 books of poetry, two books of essays, two books of novels, and two books of short stories. As a translator, he has translated more than 500 poems from original German language in association with Sahitya Akademi, India, a national academy of letters. For his books, he got prestigious Bangla Academy Award and notable awards in India and Bengal.