Mandakranta Sen (born 15 September 1972[1]) is an Indian poet of Bengali language.
She later went on to study MBBS at Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital from 1991-1997, but dropped out just before appearing at her final examinations.
[4] She has achieved success in different literary genres like poetry, novel, short story and essays, although she enjoys reputation chiefly as a poet.
[11] In 2015 Mandakranta returned her Sahitya Akademi Award in protest against the Dadri incident and the mob attacks on writers and rationalists.
[12] In 2017 she was threatened with gang rape for standing by fellow writers who protested against Hindutva terror.