Subimal Misra was born in 1943. He has been writing since 1967. He has been described as the father of the experimental novel in Bengali and the leading anti-establishment and experimental writer in the Bengali language. Misra has tried to bring the style of Jean Luc Godard into Bengali literature. He has steadfastly disavowed recognition and commercial publication, writing only for non-commercial literary publications (or "little magazines") and spurned invitations from major Bengali publications. Subimal Misra's first collection of stories, titled haran majhir bidhoba bou-er moda ba shonar gandhimurti, was published in 1971. Over 20 volumes of his stories (or “anti-stories”), novellas, novels (or “anti-novels”), plays and essays have been published. Most of these have been published and distributed by the author himself, several of which are now out of print.