Angshuman Kar, a Bengali poet and novelist, is Professor of English at The University of Burdwan, West Bengal. He was also the Secretary of Sahitya Akademi, Eastern Region. Kar is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including Paschim Banga Bangla Akademi Puraskar, Krittibas Award and Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Puroskar. He has read his poems in Scotland, Germany, America and Bangladesh. Wound is the Shelter is a collection of his poems translated into English.