Bishnu Dey studied at Mitra Institution, Calcutta and Sanskrit Collegiate School, Calcutta. After matriculating in 1927, he went on to do his Iowa from Bangabashi College, Calcutta. He completed his Bachelor (Honours) in English from Saint Paul’s Cathedral Mission College, Calcutta and Master of Arts in English from the University of Calcutta.
He even published a poetry magazine for while wherein he encouraged socially conscious writing. His own work reveals a poet"s solitary struggle, quest for human dignity, amidst a crisis of uprooted identity. Through his literary career, he taught English literature at various Calcutta colleges, Ripon College, Presidency College (1944–1947), Maulana Azad College (1947–1969) and Krishnanagar College.
His most important work, poetry collection, Smriti Satta Bhabishyat (Memory, being, the Future) (1955-1961), set a new precedent in Bengali poetry.
In 1935, he joined Ripon College, Calcutta. He subsequently taught at Presidency College, Kolkata (1944–1947), Maulana Azad College, Calcutta (1947–1969).
Post-partition along with other Calcutta-based writers and poets like Subhash Mukhopadhyay he formed the "Anti-Fascist Writers" and Artists" Association" in 1947.
He was inspired by Marxist philosophy and by the ideas and style of Technology South. Eliot.
In the 1920s & 30s, he was also remained a member of a young group of poets, centered on the Kallol (Commotion) magazine.
