Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English. Seventy-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, and the winner of the Muse India translation award (2013) for Buddhadeva Bose’s When The Time Is Right, 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. Besides India, his translations have been published in the UK and the US in English, and in several European and Asian countries through further translation. He is an associate professor of practice in the Creative Writing department at Ashoka University, and Co-Director, Ashoka Centre of Translation.

Here’s the full list of his translations.

Forthcoming

82. মগধ – কবিতা – শ্রীকান্ত্ ভর্মা – ২০২৪ – যাদবপুর ইউনিভার্সিটি প্রেস (Translation into Bangla: Magadh – Poetry – Shrikant Verma – 2024 – Jadavpur University Press)
81. Unstoppable Spring and Other Stories – Fiction – Murshida Zaman – 2025 – xxx
80. Phantoms of August – Fiction – Mashrur Arefin – 2024 – Penguin Random House India
79. The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories – Fiction – 2024 – Penguin Books UK
78. The Murderer’s Mother – Fiction – Mahasweta Devi – 2023 – Seagull Books
77. The Taliban and I – Non-Fiction – Sushmita Bandyopadhyay – 2023 – Westland Books

Published

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
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 – পেরুমল 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 – Bee Books (Digital only)
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 – 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 – HarperCollins
55. A Ballad of Remittent Fever – Fiction – Ashoke Mukhopadhyay – Aleph
54. Moom – Fiction – Bani Basu – Be Books
53. The Desire for Fire: Modern Bengali Poetry – Poetry – Anthology – Parthian Press
52. The Endgame – Fiction – Kunal Basu – 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