Aju Mukhopadhyay, the
poet, critic and biographer, is a bilingual writer of fictions and essays. He
has done some important translations on his way. He has authored 12 books in
Bangla and 16 in English. His works have been recognized with awards by such
bodies as The Writers Bureau, Manchester, Poets International, Bangalore,
International Library of Poetry, USA, Excellence in World Poetry Award, 2009 by
the International Poets Academy, Chennai, Lucidity Poetry Journal, Sugar Land,
USA and others. His poems topped the list of some e-zines and websites like
asianamericanpoetry and poetsindia. Earlier he edited three little magazines in
Bengali. He is in the editorial board of some Indian English Literary
magazines. He has edited the American E-zine, twenty20Journal.com –
summer issue 3, 2011.