Mithu Sanyal

Mithu Sanyal (born 1971 in Düsseldorf) is a cultural studies scholar, author, journalist, and critic. Her nonfiction books include Vulva: The Invisible Sex (2009) and Rape: Aspects of a Crime (2016). Her first novel, Identitti, was published by Hanser in 2021, was shortlisted for the German Book Prize, and received the Ruhr Literature Prize and the Ernst Bloch Prize. Her second novel, Antichristie, followed in 2024. In 2026, Sanyal received the Heinrich Mann Prize for Essay Writing.