Manik Sarkar is a writer and literary translator from French and English. As a translator, he has rendered works by Philippe Claudel, Joël Dicker, Hisham Matar and James Baldwin into Dutch. He teaches at the Dutch Literary Translation Academy (Vertalersvakschool) in Amsterdam. His debut novel «Ossenkop» (tr. Ossenkop) was published in 2024 and translated into German by Ruth Löbner in 2026; it was shortlisted for the dutch literature prize Bronzen Uil 2024. His short stories have appeared in, among others, De Revisor, Papieren Helden, Wobby and Extra Extra. Manik Sarkar lives in the Netherlands.
Last update: 2026