Sayam Bandyopadhyay is an award-winning Bengali author. He holds a master’s in English literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and worked as a corporate translator and linguist before joining Anandabazar Patrika in 2010. Since 2011, he has been an editorial staff member of the iconic fortnightly magazine, Desh. In 2020, he was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for his novel Puranpurush. His most recent work is a collection of short fiction, Ekti Ayna, Ekti Byartho Bidroho o Ek Ascharjo Sharajantrer Kahini (2023). He is presently working on his next novel and a definitive biography of Sri Aurobindo.