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Sushil Jana/ Sushil Ranjan Jana (6 December 1916 - 16 October 2008) was an Indian Bengali short story writer and journalist. He received Bankim Puraskar in 1984 for his poem collections called Shresta Kabita. ^{[1][unreliable source?]}

He was born on December 6, 1916 in the village of Nayachada in the Lakkhi area of Khejuri, in Medinipur district. His father was Bholanath Jana and his mother was Basanti Jana. But his mother died within a year of his birth. Meanwhile, his father lived in Midnapore due to work. So from a young age, he started studying with his father at Midnapore Town School in the heart of Midnapore city. After studying here, he went to Kolkata. There he passed his matriculation from Padmapukur Institution.^[1] He took the matriculation examination in 1934. Then he got admitted to Ashutosh College. From then on he associated himself with direct politics. In 1940, he obtained a master's degree in modern Indian literature from Calcutta University. ^{[2][unreliable source?]}

After completing his studies, he taught in the Bengali department at Muralidhar Girls' College in Kolkata from 1951 to 1981. Before that, he married Basumati Devi in ​​1950. He started his journey.Sushil Jana started writing from school. While studying in Kolkata, he published a handwritten magazine with his classmates.Bengali teacher Hemchandra Bagchi, a poet of the Buddhadev Bose group, and the English teacher Biren Bose created a tide of literary pursuits in the minds of the students. The student Sushil was also influenced by that influence. Under the influence of Hemchandra, he started writing various prose and verse works.^[1] He did research on the Scheduled Tribes. Especially the Kakmaras of the South Indian Telugu Shabar caste living in this district. The Hijli Tidal Canal was next to his house. The people of the Kakmara community lived there in the village of Golabari. He portrayed their lives and sufferings in his works. This was the inspiration for writing the famous story 'Amma'. He did research on the national movement from 1930 to 1933 and the Quit India Movement of 1942 in the heart of Midnapore.^[2]

He was a prolific writer and professor. He was also a painter, homeopath and actor. The first notable story he wrote was 'Michekotha'. His first collection of stories 'Padachihn' was published in 1944. The number of his books is about 30. Then the novels 'Shaola', 'Sagar Sangame', 'Shatdrur Sangma', 'Gramnagar' were published. He also wrote, 'Gharer Thikana', 'Chirdiner Kahini', 'Shreshtho Galpo', 'Belabhumir Gaan', 'Galpamoy Bharat', 'Nagare Prantare', 'Biplaber Dak', 'Mahanagari', 'Bharatbani', 'Dvitiya Jiban', 'Sahasrabarsher Prem' etc. However, the two unpublished books he wrote are - 'Salt movement', 'First Approach of Kakmaras in Bengal in the Battle of Palassy'.

Jana has translated and edited a collection of poems from Indian classical literature called 'Sahasr Barsher Prem'. It is actually a journey from 'Rikveda' to 'Gitagovinda' and another hundred years of path. The name of his poetry book written in English is 'Love Poems from Early Ricveda to the Tenth Centuries'.

Jana used to write regularly in the Dol Sanghar, puja special edition of Anandabazar Patrika, along with the 'Arani', 'Swadhinata', 'Parichoy' and 'Prabasi' newspapers.

He was an active member of the Anti-Fascist Writers Association. He was also associated with the magazines 'Arani', 'Swadhinata' and 'Parichoy'. In 1944, he joined 'Arani' as an assistant editor to Satyendranath Majumdar. From 1945, he joined the editing of 'Swadhinata'. At one time, he also edited Rajnipam Dutta's 'India Today' magazine. Later, from 1949, he became the editor of Sudhindranath Dutta's famous 'Parichoy' magazine for three years. At the request of his uncle Muzaffar Ahmed, he also joined the 'National Book Agency'. He had a deep relationship with this National Book Agency. ^[1]

in 1981 Dakhal a film made directed by Goutam Ghosh which was adapted on the story named 'Amma' by Sushil Jana. Jana wrote 'Amma' based on the life story of the Kakmara community, a tribe of West Bengal. Dakhal was also honored with the Swarnakamal award in 1984. It was the Bengali first full-length film directed by Ghosh. It was awarded in the Best Full-length Film category at the 29th National Film Awards. Dakhal won the Grand Jury Award at the 11th International Human Rights Film Festival. For this film 'Dakhal', the 'Bangla Film Award Society' awarded him the Silver Peacock and a memento as the best story writer. He also received the 'Dishari' award for the best short story writer from West Bengal Film Journalists Association in 1984. ^[1]

He was honored with this Bankim Award in 1984 for his novel 'Shatdrur Sandhya' by West Bengal Government. He received the 'Sarat Chandra Silver Memorial Medal' from Calcutta University in 1993. Then in 2001, the Bangla Academy and the state government jointly honored him.

Jana died on October 16, 2008 at age of 81 in Kolkata.