Jatin Bala is a Dalit author who was born Parhiyali, Manirampur in Jessore in the then East Pakistan on 5 May 1949.
One of his stories, "On firm ground", is included in translation in Survival and Other Stories: Bangla Dalit Fiction in Translation. 2012.
Works
Poetry
Jeebaner Naam Jantrana (The name of Life is Pain) Minati Keu Rakheni (Nobody Has Kept Request) Aamar Shabdai Shanita Astra (My Words as Sharpened Weapon) A Verse as a Sharpened Weapon (Translated into English by Satya Debnath)
Short Story
Nepo Nidhan Parba (Nepo Slain Episode) Gondir Bandhe Bhangan (Dissolution in the Barrage of Circle) Vanga Banglar Dui Mukha (Two faces of Broken Bengal) Samaj Chetanar Galpo Stories of Social Awakening: Reflections of Dalit Refugee Lives of Bengal(translated from Bangla into English by Jaydeep Sarangi)
Novel
Aamriter Jiban Kotha (Life of Elixir) Shikarh Chhenrha Jeeban(Root Severing Life) (Autobiographical)
Research Articles
Dalita Sahitya Aandalan (Dalit Literary Movement) Bastu Badi Motua Aandalan (Materialistic Motua Movement) Satya Aannetion (In Search of Truth) Itihasher Aloke Sri Hari Guruchand o Matua Aandalan'' (Sri Hari Guruchand in the light of History and Matua Movement)