The author of "The Captive Lady" is ________

Michael Madhusudan Dutt, or Michael Madhusudan Dutta (About this soundMaikel Modhushudôn Dôtto (help·info)); 25 January 1824 – 29 June 1873) was a Bengali poet, writer and dramatist. He was a pioneer of Bengali drama.

His famous work Meghnad Badh Kavya, is a tragic epic. It consists of nine cantos and is exceptional in Bengali literature both in terms of style and content.

He also wrote poems about the sorrows and afflictions of love as spoken by women.