Somenath Roy was born at Lucknow, on 4th February, 1960. He is a distinguished Bengali poet, a short story  writer and an essayist rolled into one. His father Anil Roy, a sitarist had the premature death when the poet was a mere child. His mother Ranu Roy brought her four children up in her paternal home at Nabadwip. His passion for playing sitar in his boyhood reined in his boyish emotion and restlessness. He inherited the musical instrument from his father. He passed Madhyamik examination from Nabadwip Hindu School and Draftsmanship from Krishnanagar. He went to Calcutta to find a mooring and there he got his Diploma in Architectural Engineering. Since 1985 he is an employee under P.W.(Roads) Department as Draughtsman. While he was having his training of Sitar under Pundit Asit Dutta, he started writing poems in ’80s. He is a man known for his magnanimity, honesty and simplicity and all these qualities have been reflected in his poems abundantly. Creative spontaneity is the hallmark of his poetry. His poetry is devoid of any trick, pretence and deliberate attempt at enigma and obscurity. He has never been a recluse poet. He has always responded and reacted to the eventful world around him. Everyday trifle has coalesced with the events of the wider world, such is the quality of his presentation. Even a prosaic slice of life, being imbued with his inherent imagination has become a beautiful piece of poetry where intellectuality has never been preponderant over its inner lyricism, the greatest casualty of modern poetry. He is every inch a humanitarian and so he is not oblivious of his duty towards society he lives in Prof. Tarun Sanyal, the renowned poet of the contemporary Bengali poetry has aptly said that the root of Somenath Roy’s poetry lies in the folk culture and life. His imagery, rhythm and mastery over diction have made his poetry almost like chamber music. Somenath Roy himself read out all the poems of his anthology, “Nirlipta Kalpurush” to Tarun Sanyal who is waiting for the day when Somenath Roy will be able to a carve a niche in the world of poetry by sheer originality and novelty.

                        His first collection of Bengali poems was”‘Rikter Bhumistha Shabda”(1990). That poetic afflatus has been his way of life is clear from the prolificacy of his work. His other books are—“Bataser Canvas”(Sonnets, 1992), “Bishuddha Jatak Kimba Keet”(1994), “Opera Gharer Jagannath” (1996), “Nobboer Shesh Tram” (1998), “Bandhu Balaka” (for children, 2001),“Nirlipta Kalpurush” (2003), “Eksho Sonneter Album” ( 100 Sonnets 2005), “Mati Theke Murti”(2007), “Simito Panktimala” (2008), “Aaste Chaichho Eso”(2010) this book was translated in English by Kaushik Roy named “Welcome Wishes”, “Sonnet 50” (2011), “Kabita Chayan” a collection of selected Poems (2014) and “Mandakranta” a collection of Bengali Traditional Versified Poems (2015), collection of Bengali poems “Brajapath” published in 2017, a verse drama “Kabyanatak Sangraha (2018)”, collection of poems “Mrito Granthagare Jyanto Pandulipi (2020) and a traditional rhythmic verse in Mandakranta “Kantar Meghdut (2020)”. 

                        A Bengali travelogue “Ek Jatrai Shahiddwip (Andaman) ebong Swarajdwip (Nicober)” was published in 2006, “Amarnather Pothe O Prantare (2018)”. Rabindranath related book Aamar Chetonar Range Rabindranath” was published in 2012.

                        A collection of Bengali prose writings “Choukath Periye” and a collection of Bengali short stories titled “Nakhadarpan” were published in 2009 and 2010 respectively. The poet was awarded “Ramshankar Smriti Purashkar 2010” by Rishi Aurobindo Anushilon Samiti the same year.

                        Somenath Roy got “Arijit Mitra Award” in 2007, “Ram Basu Award” in 2008,“Sahityasree Award” from Akhil Bharatiya Bhasa Sahitya Sammelan in 2009, “Chitya Ghosh Smriti Award” from Behala Book Fare in 2012 and “Subodh Kumar Roy Smriti Award” in 2015.