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Manik Sarkar (Groningen, 1973) is literair vertaler en schrijver. Zijn debuutroman Ossenkop verscheen in 2024. Hij publiceerde verhalen in o.a. Papieren Helden en Wobby. Manik vertaalde onder meer werk van Philippe Claudel, James Baldwin en Hisham Matar en is sinds een aantal jaar docent op de Vertalersvakschool.

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Ik ging het met Booksieman over literatuur hebben

Best wel een tijd geleden alweer voerde ik een leuk gesprek met Booksieman over schrijven en vertalen. Hieronder (of rechtstreeks op Youtube) kun je het terugkijken, en hij is ook te vinden in je favoriete podcastapp.

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	Giovanni's kamer by James Baldwin, Eefje Bosch (translator), Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.34 avg rating — 259,834 ratings — published 1956 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De waarheid over de zaak Harry Quebert (Marcus Goldman, #1) by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.20 avg rating — 243,164 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storm in juni by Irène Némirovsky, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 78,349 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het boek van de Baltimores by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.11 avg rating — 72,007 ratings — published 2015 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het mysterie van kamer 622 by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.90 avg rating — 74,721 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Een wild dier by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 4.04 avg rating — 54,801 ratings — published 2024 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De verdwijning van Stephanie Mailer by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (translator) 3.96 avg rating — 55,264 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kapitaal in de 21ste eeuw by Thomas Piketty, Lidewij van den Berg (Translator), Marianne Kaas (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 34,730 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het rampzalige bezoek aan de dierentuin by Joël Dicker, Manik Sarkar (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.75 avg rating — 35,629 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ossenkop 4.06 avg rating — 1,449 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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