| Nimai Bhattacharya নিমাই ভট্টাচার্য | |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1931 |
| Death Date: | 25 June 2020 (aged 89) |
| Birth Place: | Shalikha, Magura, Bengal Presidency, British India (Bangladesh) |
| Death Place: | Kolkata, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Notable Works: | Memsaheb |
Nimai Bhattacharya (10 April 1931 - 25 June 2020) was a writer of Bengali literature who was born in Magura's Shalikha.[1] He died on 25 June 2020 in Kolkata, aged 89.
Bhattacharya's mother died when he was three years old. He matriculated in 1948. He moved to West Bengal from East Bengal.[1] Then he had passed IA and BA from Ripon College, Calcutta. He started his career in journalism. A novel which was written by him was published in Amritobazar in 1963.[2] His next four novels were published in the newspaper. After that, he became professional author.
He wrote more than 150 books, one of the most lauded of which was Memsaheb.[3] [4] A film was made based on the book, Mem Saheb (starring Uttam Kumar and Aparna Sen) in leading roles.[5] Some of his notable books are: