Abhijit Sen was born on January 28, 1945, in a village named Keora in the Barishal district of what is now Bangladesh.
He finished his high school and some parts of college-level education at multiple institutions while moving from Kolkata to Jhargram, then Purulia, and then back again to Kolkata. Finally while working in an Insurance company in Kolkata, he earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in History.
Most of the characters in his stories are drawn from his direct and varied experiences in life. Since he moved around a lot even while sacrificing his stay with his family. His first novel, ‘Rohu-Chandaler HaaR’ has been published in 1985. He received the Bankimchandra Memorial Award for this novel in 1992. He also received the Saratchandra Memorial Award from Calcutta University in 2005.
