Manik Sarkar
Manik Sarkar (b. 1973) is a writer and a literary translator from French. He has translated authors including Philippe Claudel and Joël Dicker and teaches at the Dutch Literary Translation Academy (Vertalersvakschool) in Amsterdam. 'Oxhead' (2024) is shortlisted for the 2024 Bronze Owl.
Fiction
Based in
The Netherlands
Oxhead
Debut novel about a butcher’s son devoted to his job and blind to the world around him
Lord M.
Bestselling historical novel about Queen Victoria's first prime minister, and the scandalous wife he never stopped loving
The Light Between Our Fingers
The first novel for adults by one of the Netherlands' most celebrated children's authors
Johnnie Walker
An unflinching self-portrait of addiction, writing and the mother who shaped her