Chaitali Sengupta is a writer and translator of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Also a reviewer and journalist, her debut collection of prose poems, Cross Stitched Words, received an Honorable Mention at the New England Book Festival 2021. Her most recent poetry collection, The Crossings: Poems on War, Migration & Survival, was awarded the Runner-Up prize at the London Book Festival 2024. An accomplished translator with three published works, she received the prestigious IPPL Translation Award 2024 for Timeless Tales in Translation. Her latest publication, Across the Luminous Realms & Other Stories, is her English translation of the renowned Dutch novelist Louis Couperus. She has also co-translated Legends Speak: Bengali Women’s Narratives in Translation, a groundbreaking volume showcasing the works of three iconic Bengali women writers—Swarnakumari Debi, Ashapurna Debi, and Suchitra Bhattacharya.