Eugene Datta

Eugene Datta is a writer born in Calcutta who now lives in Aachen, Germany. He writes both poetry and fiction. His story collection The Color of Noon, set in Calcutta, was published by Serving House Books in 2024 and won the first Walter Cummins Award for short fiction. He also published the poetry collection Water & Wave in 2024 with Redhawk. His stories and poems have appeared in journals such as The Dalhousie Review, Main Street Rag, Mantis, and MacQueen's Quinterly, and have been translated into several languages. He has received a Stiftung Laurenz-Haus fellowship and residencies at Ledig House and Fundación Valparaíso.