# Amreeta Sen (née Syam), 21 June 1965 – 19 October 2025

- Link: https://writersworkshopindia.com/2026/01/12/amreeta-sen-nee-syam-june-1965-october-2025/
- Published: 2026-01-12T16:09:43+00:00
- Author: shuktara

We are saddened by the untimely passing of Amreeta Sen (née Syam). She lived in[⌊Cover images of three books by Amreeta Sen, placed horizontally. The first and third books are bound in brown saris and the book in the centre in a maroon sari. The border of the saris lines the righthand margin of each book.⌉](https://writersworkshopindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Amreeta-Sen-scaled-1.jpg)
Kolkata, where she did her schooling from Loreto House, and her graduation and Master’s
in History from Jadavpur University, specialising in ancient India. She wrote for
several journals and magazines and worked as a sub-editor with _The Statesman_. 
She published three books with us, two volumes of poetry – _**Kurukshetra**_ (1991)
and _**Kaikeyi** _(1992), and a novel – _**The Lost Unicorn**_ (2007). _**Kurukshetra**_
comprised a series of conversations in poetry between characters in the _Mahabharata_
while _**Kaikeyi** _was an imaginative and feminist rendition of Kaikeyi’s perspective
of events in the _Ramayana_. _**The Lost Unicorn**_ saw Sen venture into a different
genre and create a humorous fantasy. We quote from the author’s note in her last
book with us: “Her interests include reading, music, teaching, animals, travelling
and spending time with her family. She also loves being by the sea.” Our deepest
condolences to her loved ones.