Arunava Sinha is Professor of Creative Writing at Ashoka University. He earned his Bachelor of Arts (English Honours) from Jadavpur University. He translates classic, modern, and contemporary Bengali fiction and non-fiction into English, and from English into Bengali. Over fifty of his translations have been published so far. He has conducted translation workshops at the British Centre for Literary Translation, UEA; University of Chicago; Dhaka Translation Centre; and Jadavpur University.

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. His research interests are focused on the translation of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry between the languages of India, including English.