Minakshi Datta was born on 1 October 1935 in Kolkata to eminent parents. She is a Bengali Educationist, writer, actor, translator, and anthologist.
She grew up in what was then the cradle of modernism in Bengali Kavita Bhavan at 202 Rashbehari Avenue, Kolkata. She graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata, and did her master’s degree at the University of Calcutta.
Since then, her active participation in various streams of literature has continued in parallel with her professional life as an educator, spanning two countries – India and the USA.
She has been an educator all her life, she is a widely recognized influence in the Kolkata and the New York literary and cultural circles.
