Sukumar Ray FRPS (Sukumār Rāẏⓘ; 30 October 1887 – 10 September 1923)[3] was a Bengali writer and poet from British India.

According to the history of the Ray family, one of their ancestors, Ramsunder Deo (Deb), was a native of Chakdah village in Nadia district of present-day West Bengal, India.

[1][2] His family hailed from Masua village of Kishorganj division of Eastern Bengal in British India, presently in Bangladesh.

[6] Sukumar's father Upendrakishore Ray was a famous Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist, amateur astronomer and entrepreneur.

[8] Born in the era which can be called the pinnacle of the Bengal Renaissance, he grew up in an environment that fostered his literary talents.

[1] His father was a writer of stories and popular science; painter and illustrator; musician and composer of songs; a technologist and hobbyist astronomer.

[9] In 1906, Ray graduated with double Honours in Physics and Chemistry from the Presidency College, then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

Before that, he attended City College School, Surya Sen Street along with his classmate who inspired his famous funny character "Pagla Dashu", which appeared in several of his penned stories.

[citation needed] Upendrakishore started a publishing firm, U. Ray and Sons, which Sukumar and Subinay helped to run.