Arupa Patangia Kalita is an Assamese short story writer and novelist. She is a recipient of the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award, the Katha Prize and the Prabina Saikia Award. She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for her short story collection titled Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barua. Her works have been translated into Bengali, English and Hindi, and relate to the lives of the Assamese middle class and working class, focussing on women's issues, violence and insurgency.