Debmalya (he/him) is a writer currently based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. He graduated from the Brooklyn Poets Mentorship Program in 2025. He is the winner of the Verve Poetry Competition (2026), was a runner-up for the UK Poetry Coaches Slam (2025), and was a finalist for the Tupelo Quarterly Poetry Prize, Grouse Grind Lit Prize, Osmosis Poetry Prize, Sweet Literary's Poetry Prize, Sophon Lit's Poetry Contest, and the Briefly Write Poetry Prize. 

His poems, essays, and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in Blackbird, Wildness, Chestnut Review, South Carolina Review, Atlanta Review, and elsewhere. His poems have been anthologised in The Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English (2023, 2024) and the Propel Anthology. He has been nominated for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem and for Best of the Net. He was longlisted for the National Poetry Competition in 2026.

He is an Associate Poetry Editor at The Bombay Literary Magazine. Previously, he was a poetry reader for Verdant, a Toronto-based literary journal. He writes a cultural column for Indigenous.

When not writing or doing maths, he likes to read, play an instrument, or confabulate with birds in a park.