TRANSLATIONS: ARUNAVA SINHA

Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English, and English fiction, non-fiction and poetry into Bengali. He also translates from Hindi into English and Bengali. Ninety-six of his translations have been published so far. Twice the winner of the Crossword translation award, for Sankar’s Chowringhee (2007) and Anita Agnihotri’s  Seventeen (2011), respectively, the winner of the Muse India translation award (2013) for Buddhadeva Bose’s When The Time Is Right, and the winner of the Kalinga Literary Festival Book Award for translation (2025) for Sandipan Chattopadhyay’s Ten Days of the Strike, he has also been shortlisted for The Independent Foreign Fiction prize (2009) for his translation of Chowringhee and for the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated YA Book Prize for his translation of Md Zafar Iqbal’s Rasha, and longlisted for the Best Translated Book award, USA, 2018 for his translation of Bhaskar Chakravarti’s Things That Happen and Other Poems. In 2021, his translation of Taslima Nasrin’s Shameless was shortlisted for the National Translation Award in the USA. His translation of Sanya Rushdi’s Hospital has been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and The Stella Prize in Australia in 2024. Besides India, his translations have been published in the UK, the US, and Australia in English, and in several European and Asian countries through further translation. He is a professor of the practice in the Creative Writing department at Ashoka University, and Co-Director, Ashoka Centre of Translation.

Here’s the full list of his translations.

Work in Progress

107. Untitled – Fiction – Rajarshi Das Bhowmik – 2026 – Jadavpur University Press
106. First Person – Memoir – Rituparno Ghosh – 2026 – Simon & Schuster

Forthcoming

105. Blacklake – Ujjal Sinha – 20xx – xx
104. Boats Against The Current – Ujjal Sinha – 20xx – xx
103. Sri Sri Siddheswari Limited and Other Classic Bengali Stories – Fiction – 2027 – HarperCollins
102. My Life – Non-fiction – Binodini Debi – 2026 – Penguin Random House
101. Madhabikanan – Non-fiction – Madhabi Mukherjee – 2026 – Bloomsbury

Published

100. The Bengal Reader – Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Drama – 2025 – Aleph Book Company
99. The Man Who Wasn’t There – Fiction – Sakyajit Bhattacharya – 2025 – Speaking Tiger
98. The Madhopur Home – Fiction – Tripurari Sharan – 2025 – Simon & Schuster
97. Amochu – Fiction – Krishnopriyo Bhattacharya – 2025 – Yoda Press
[74-75-76.1 / 78-79-80.1 / 89-90-91.1. The People Of India : A Remarkable History in 9 Chapters — edited by Anwesha Sengupta and Debarati Bagchi – 2025 – Speaking Tiger]
[ 26.1. The Laboratory (from Tagore for the 21st Century Reader) – Fiction – Rabindranath Tagore – 2025 – Chowringhee Press]
[29.1. Restless Was The Night and Other Stories – Fiction – Buddhadeva Bose – 2025 – Penguin Random House India]
[ 11.1. The Broken Nest (from Three Women) – Fiction – Rabindranath Tagore – 2025 – Penguin Books UK]
96. ভাডিভাসাল – গ্রাফিক নভেল – পেরুমাল মুরুগন, আপ্পুপেন – ২০২৫ – যাদবপুর ইউনিভার্সিটি প্রেস (Translation into Bangla: Vadivasal – Graphic Novel – Perumal Murugan, Appupen – 2025 – Jadavpur University Press)
95. Unstoppable Spring and Other Stories – Fiction – Murshida Zaman – 2025 – Bee Books
94. You, Mother – Poetry – Jayasri Burman – 2025 – Art Alive
93. Hospital Poems of Mathematics and Madness – Poetry – Binoy Majumdar – 2024 – Parabaas
92. Limited Unlimited – Fiction – Sankar – 2024 – Bloomsbury
91. First History Lessons: Clothes and Dressing – Non-fiction – Dev Kumar Jhanjh and Debarati Bagchi – 2024 – Public Domain
90. First History Lessons: Food and Eating – Non-fiction – Anwesha Sengupta and Simantini Mukherjee – 2024 – Public Domain
89. First History Lessons: Sports and Games – Non-fiction – Anik Biswas and Kaustubh Mani Sengupta – 2024 – Public Domain
88. Phantoms of August – Fiction – Mashrur Arefin – 2024 – Penguin Random House India
87. Unlove Story – Fiction – Sudipto Pal – 2024 – Seagull Books
86. মগধ – কবিতা – শ্রীকান্ত্ ভর্মা – ২০২৪ – যাদবপুর ইউনিভার্সিটি প্রেস (Translation into Bangla: Magadh – Poetry – Shrikant Verma – 2024 – Jadavpur University Press)
85. A Touch of Salt – Fiction – Anita Agnihotri – 2024 – Penguin Random House India
84. Ten Days of the Strike: Selected Stories – Fiction – Sandipan Chattopadhyay – 2024 – HarperCollins
83. Carnival – Fiction – Sayam Bandyopadhyay – 2024 – Aleph Book Company
82. The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories – Fiction – 2024 – Penguin Books UK
81. The Murderer’s Mother – Fiction – Mahasweta Devi – 2023 – Seagull Books
80. First History Lessons: Aspects of War – Non-fiction – Shantanu Sengupta – 2023 – Public Domain
79. First History Lessons: The Flow of Rivers – Non-fiction – Debarati Bagchi – 2023 – Public Domain
78. First History Lessons: The World of Tea – Non-fiction – Supurna Banerjee and Anwesha Sengupta – 2023 – Public Domain
77. The Taliban and I – Non-Fiction – Sushmita Bandyopadhyay – 2023 – Westland Books
76. First History Lessons: The Partition – Non-fiction – Anwesha Sengupta – 2023 – Public Domain
75. First History Lessons: The People of our Country – Non-fiction – Tista Das – 2023 – Public Domain
74. First History Lessons: The Languages of Our Country – Debarati Bagchi – Non-fiction – 2023 – Public Domain
73. Hospital – Fiction – Sanya Rushdi – 2023 – Seagull Books, Giramondo Publishing
72. Dear Reader: A Memoir – Non-fiction – Sankar – 2023 – HarperCollins
71. Chronicles of The Lost Daughters – Fiction – Debarati Mukhopadhyay – 2022 – HarperCollins India
70. Exile Poems – Poetry – Tuhin Das – 2022 – Bridge & Tunnel Books, USA
69. Pebblemonkey – Fiction – Manindra Gupta – 2022 – Jadavpur University Press
68. Mamata: Beyond 2021 – Non-Fiction – Jayanta Ghosal – 2022 – HarperCollins India
67. বন্দুক দ্বীপ – উপন্যাস – অমিতাভ ঘোষ – ২০২১ – একা (Translation into Bangla: Bonduk Dweep – Fiction – Amitav Ghosh – 2021 – Eka)
66. পূনাচি অথবা একটি কালো ছাগলের কাহিনী – উপন্যাস – পেরুমাল মুরুগন – ২০২১ – একা (Translation into Bangla: Poonachi – Fiction – Perumal Murugan – 2021 – Eka)
65. Imaan – Fiction – Manoranjan Byapari – 2021 – Eka
64. Khwabnama – Fiction – Akhtaruzzaman Elias – 2021 – Penguin Random House
63. The Green Men – Fiction – Satyajit Ray et al – 2021 – Bee Books
62. The Strange Death of Anindyasundar – Fiction – Anish Deb – 2021 – Bee Books
61. The Sickle – Fiction – Anita Agnihotri – 2021 – Juggernaut Books
60. An Educated Woman in Prostitution – Non-fiction – Manada Debi – 2021- Simon & Schuster
59. 3 Stories – Fiction – Narendranath Mitra – 2020 – Bee Books (Digital only)
58. Habber-Jabber-Law – Children’s Fiction – Sukumar Ray – 2020 – Speaking Tiger
57. 3 Stories – Fiction – Manik Bandopadhyay – 2020 – Bee Books (Digital only)
56. Shameless – Fiction – Taslima Nasreen – 2020 – HarperCollins
55. A Ballad of Remittent Fever – Fiction – 2020 – Ashoke Mukhopadhyay – Aleph
54. Moom – Fiction – Bani Basu – 2020 – Bee Books
53. The Desire for Fire: Modern Bengali Poetry – Poetry – Anthology – 2020 – Parthian Press
52. The Endgame – Fiction – Kunal Basu – 2020 – Picador
51. The Yogini – Fiction – Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay – 2019 – Tilted Axis
50. I Remember Abbu – YA Fiction – Humayun Azad – 2019 – Amazon Crossing
49. Tiger Woman – Fiction – Sirsho Bandopadhyay – 2018 – Picador
48. There’s Gunpowder In The Air – Fiction – Manoranjan Byapari – 2018 – Westland
47. The Moving Shadow: Electrifying Bengali Pulp Fiction – Fiction – Various – 2018 – Aleph
46. Right Arm Over – YA Fiction – Moti Nandy – 2018 – Speaking Tiger
45. ঘাচার ঘোচার – উপন্যাস – বিবেক শানভাগ – ২০১৮ – পত্রভারতী (Translation into Bangla: Ghachar Ghochar – Fiction – 2018 – Patra Bharati)
44. Shake the Bottle and Other Stories – Fiction – Ashapurna Debi – 2018 – Om Books
43. Mushtaq Hussain’s Darbari – Poetry – Srijato – 2018 – Yoda Press
42. On A Truck, Alone To McMahon – Travel – Nabaneeta Dev Sen – 2018 – Oxford University Press
41. Very Close to Pleasure, There’s a Sick Cat and Other Poems – Poetry – Shakti Chattopadhyay – 2017 – Seagull
40. The Boat-wreck – Fiction – Rabindranath Tagore – 2017 – HarperCollins
[ 5.1. Kick-Off: Stories From The Field (expanded version of Striker, Stopper) – Fiction – Moti Nandy – 2017 – Hachette]
39. I Am Your Son Ghatatkoch – Poetry – Manohar Mouli Biswas – 2017 – Juggernaut (Digital Only)
38. The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die – Fiction – Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay – 2017 – Bee Books
37. Letters of Blood – Fiction – Rizia Rahman – 2016 – Bengal Lights
36. Things That Happen and Other Poems – Poetry – Bhaskar Chakravarti – 2016 – Seagull
35. Rasha – YA fiction – Muhammed Zafar Iqbal – 2016 – Puffin
34. The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told – Fiction – Various – 2016 – Aleph
33. Khauna-Mihir’s Mound – Fiction – Bani Basu – 2015 – Sahitya Akademi
32. Seven Heavens – Fiction – Samim Ahmed – 2015 – Hachette
31. A Mirrored Life – Fiction – Rabisankar Bal – 2015 – Random House
30. The Fifth Man –Fiction – Bani Basu – 2014 – Random House
29. The Love Letter & Other Stories – Fiction – Buddhadeva Bose – 2014 – Rainlight
28. The Merry Tales of Harshabardhan and Gobardhan – Children’s Fiction – Shibram Chakraborty – 2014 – Hachette
27. Panty – Fiction – Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay – 2014 – Penguin Random House, Tilted Axis UK
26. Tagore for the 21st Century Reader – Fiction, Poetry, Lyrics, Drama – Rabindranath Tagore – 2014 – Aleph
25. You are Neera – Poetry – Sunil Gangopadhyay – 2014 – Harper-Collins
24. The Magic Moonlight Flower and Other Enchanting Stories – Children’s Fiction – Satyajit Ray – 2014 – Red Turtle
23. The Master and I – Memoir – Soumitra Chatterjee – 2014 – Supernova
22. Kalabati The Showstopper – YA fiction – Moti Nandy – 2014 – Scholastic
21. The Black Rose – Fiction – Buddhadeva Bose – 2013 – Harper-Collins
20. Sabotage & Other Stories – Fiction – Anita Agnihotri – 2013 – Aurum Press
19. Abandon –Fiction – Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay – 2013 – Harper-Collins
18. Dozakhnama – Fiction – Rabisankar Bal – 2012 – Random House
17. Wonderworld and Other Stories – Fiction – Sunil Gangopadhyay – 2012 – Supernova
16. The Rhythm of Riddles: Three Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries – Fiction – Saradindu Bandyopadhyay – 2012 – Puffin
15. 17 – Fiction – Anita Agnihotri – 2011 – Zubaan
14. Fever – Fiction – Samaresh Basu – 2011 – Random House
13. Harbart – Nabarun Bhattacharya – 2011 – Tranquebar
12. When The Time Is Right –– Fiction – Buddhadeva Bose – 2011 – Penguin India
11. Three Women: Nashtaneer, Dui Bon, Malancha – Rabindranath Tagore – 2010 – Random House India
10. The Chieftain’s Daughter – Fiction – Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay – 2010 – Random House India
9. What Really Happened & Other Stories – Fiction – Banaphool – 2010 – Penguin India
8. By The Tungabhadra -– Fiction – Saradindu Bandyopadhyay – 2010 – Harper-Collins India
7. There Was No One At The Bus-Stop – Fiction – Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay – 2010 – Penguin India
6. Illicit – Dibyendu Palit –Fiction – 2010 – Penguin India
5. Striker, Stopper –Fiction – Moti Nandy – 2010 – Hachette India
4. The Middleman – Fiction – Sankar – 2009 – Penguin India
3. My Kind of Girl –Fiction – Buddhadeva Bose – 2009 – Random House India, Archipelago Books USA, Hesperus UK
2. The Director’s Mind – Film Studies – Ujjal Chakraborty – 2009 – Alchemy
1. Chowringhee – Sankar – 2007 – Penguin India, Atlantic UK

Edited

4. Manto: The Greatest Stories – Fiction – Edited by Arunava Sinha – 2025 – Westland Books / Ekada
3. A Fistful of Moonlight: Stories from Assam – Fiction – Edited by Mitra Phukan, Arunava Sinha, Lucy Hannah – 2023 – Bee Books, MacLehose Press
2. The Greatest Indian Stories Ever Told – Fiction – Edited by Arunava Sinha – 2023 – Aleph Book Company
1. Writing Places – Texts, Rhythms, Images – Edited by Arunava Sinha – 2019 – Seagull Books

Awards / Shortlists / Longlists

18. Ten Days of the Strike, Sandipan Chattopadhyay: Winner, Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards 2025 for translations. Longlisted for Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival Prize, 2024 in the fiction category.
17. Hospital, Sanya Rushdi: Shortlisted for Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia, 2024. Shortlisted for Stella Prize, Australia, 2024. Shortlisted for the Voss Literary Prize, 2024
16. Imaan, Manoranjan Byapari: Shortlisted for JCB Prize, India, 2023. Shortlisted for Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize, India, 2023
15. The Boat-wreck, Rabindranath Tagore: Shortlisted for Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize, India, 2022
14. Shameless, Taslima Nasreen: Shortlisted for National Translation Award, USA, 2021
13. A Ballad of Remittent Fever, Ashoke Mukhopadhyay: Longlisted for JCB Prize, India, 2020
12. Tiger Woman, Shirsho Bandyopadhyay: Shortlisted for Valley of Words Book Awards, India, Translation, 2020
11. There’s Gunpowder In The Air, Manoranjan Byapari: Shortlisted for JCB Prize, India, 2019. Shortlisted for DSC Prize, South Asia, 2019. Shortlisted for Crossword Book Award, 2019. Shortlisted for Mathrubhumi Book of the Year, 2020
10. Rasha, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal: Shortlisted for GLLI Translated YA Book Prize, 2019
9. The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die, Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay: Shortlisted for The Hindu Literary Prize, 2018
8. Things That Happen and Other Poems, Bhaskar Chakravarti; Longlisted for Best Translated Book Award, Poetry, 2018
7. Dozakhnama, Rabisankar Bal: Shortlisted for Crossword Book Award, 2013. Shortlisted for Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize, India, 2018
6. When The Time Is Right, Buddhadeva Bose: Muse India Translation Award, 2013
5. 17, Anita Agnihotri: Winner, Crossword Book Award, 2011
4. My Kind of Girl, Buddhadeva Bose: Shortlisted for Crossword Book Award, 2010.
3. The Middleman, Sankar: Longlisted, DSC Prize, 2010
2. The Director’s Mind, Ujjal Chakraborty: Winner, Special Jury Award, National Awards, 2009
1. Chowringhee, Sankar: Winner, Crossword Book Award, 2007. Shortlisted, The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, 2010.