Manindra Ray (4 October 1919 – 28 August 2000) was an Indian Bengali poet and editor.

Career Ray was born in Sitlai village in Pabna District in British India. His parents are Shachandra Ray and Subhasini Devi. Ray studied in Surendranath College, Kolkata and attracted to communism. His first book of poems Trishanku was published in 1939. Ray edited a number of little magazines. He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry 'Mohini Aral' in 1969. In 1993, he was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar for his book 'Sonnet Samagra'.অঞ্জলি বসু সম্পাদিত, সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান, দ্বিতীয় খণ্ড, সাহিত্য সংসদ, কলকাতা, জানুয়ারি ২০১৯ পৃষ্ঠা ২৯৩, আইএসবিএন ৯৭৮-৮১-৭৯৫৫-২৯২-৬ Ray was the co-editor of a Weekly literary magazine Amrita.

See also List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Bengali

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