Bani Basu

Bani Basu (born 11 March 1939 Bengali: বাণী বসু) is a prolific Bengali Indian author, essayist, critic, poet, translator and professor. She received her formal education from the well-known Lady Brabourne College, Scottish Church College and at the University of Calcutta where she received M.A. in English. Basu began her career as a novelist with the publication of Janmabhoomi Mātribhoomi. A prolific writer, she started her professional career as an author from 1980, first in “Anandamala”, a juvenile magazine, then in “Desh” and other periodicals of the time.