Rabisankar Bal was born on 8 May 1962. He was an Indian writer in the Bengali language. He lived in Kolkata and was a journalist by profession. He published more than twenty books in a range of genres including novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. He is regarded as a major voice in contemporary Bengali literature and won a number of prizes for his work. He penned down 15 novels and 5 short story collections over a period of 30 years. He also translated Saadat Hasan Manto's work into Bengali. He received the West Bengal government's Sutapa Roychowdhury Memorial Prize for his novel "The Biography of Midnight".