Amar Mitra (Bengali: ??? ????? (born 30 August 1951) is an eminent writer in Bengali living in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
A student of Chemistry, he has been working for the Land Reforms Department of The Government of West Bengal.
He was awarded with Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Dhurbaputra (Bengali: ??????????) in 2006.
He has also received the Bankim Puraskar from Government of West Bengal for his novel, Aswacharit(Bengali: ????????) in 2001, kAtha award for his short story 'Swadeshyatra' in the year 1998, Mitra O Ghosh award in the year 2010, Sharat puroskar in the year 2018 and edited the new generation Bengali Webzine Bookpocket.net and Katha Sopan, a Bengali literary Magazine