Suchitra Bhattacharya was born on 10 January 1950, in Bhagalpur, India. She was an Indian novelist, known for works including Hemanter Pakhi, Kachher Manush, Aleek Shukh, Icche, and Kacher Dewal.She was interested in writing from her childhood. She graduated from the Jogamaya Devi College, an affiliated undergraduate women's college of the historic University of Calcutta, in Kolkata.During her career as a writer, she composed over 20 novels and many short stories. Her novel Dahan was adapted into the 1997 film Dahan, and her novels Iccher Gach, Alik Sukh, and Ramdhanu Rang were adapted into films by Shiboprosad Mukherjee, and her novel Onnyo Bwasanto was adapted into a television film by Aditi Roy.
