Ramapada Chowdhury (28 December 1922 – 29 July 2018)[1] was a Bengali-language novelist and short story writer in India.

[5] Chowdhury wrote his first short story as a student, in response to a challenge from his friends.

Chowdhury started writing short stories on a regular basis from the age of twenty-five.

[6] Although an established writer in the 1950s, Chowdhury received wider recognition with his 1960 novel Banpalashir Padabali, which appeared in serial form in the well-known literary magazine Desh.

Ramapada Chowdhury won the award in its inaugural year, for his novel Banpalashir Padabali.

According to writer and scholar Surajit Dasgupta, "Banpalashir Padabali is a stunningly vibrant and intensely human work that serves to reaffirm his reputation as a master story-teller in the Bengali language.