Amar Mitra (born 30 August 1951) is an eminent writer in Bengali living in Kolkata, West Bengal.

[1] After partition of India in 1947, the Mitra family migrated from Satkhira in Khulna and came to Basirhat.

His father, Ashok Kumar Mitra, was a government worker and opted to live in India after partition.

[3] His father used to work in the Department of Land Reforms under Government of West Bengal.

He is writing for over five decades which includes 30 published novels, number of short-story collections as well as few books for children.