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Mattho Mandersloot is a literary translator from Amsterdam. His translations include bestselling novels by Sun-mi Hwang, Cho Nam-joo and Sang Young Park. He responds to email.

Translations
De vogel die tranen drinkt 1 – Lee Young-do (Luitingh-Sijthoff, 2024)
De buurtwinkel van tweede kansen – Kim Ho-yeon
(with Thyrze van Onna, Wereldbibliotheek, 2024)
Het gat – Hye-young Pyun (De Arbeiderspers, 2024)

Ik zeg geen vaarwel – Han Kang  (Nijgh, 2023)
Snail – Minu Kim (Pushkin Press, 2023)
Ik wil dood, maar eerst een bord tteokbokki – Baek Se-hee (Pelckmans, 2023)
Maak me eendimensionaal – Sang Young Park (Das Mag, 2023)

“The Era of Fantasy” in The Age of Doubt - Pak Kyongni (Honford Star, 2022)



Liefde in de grote stad – Sang Young Park (Das Mag, 2021)
De hond die durfde te dromen – Sun-mi Hwang (Ambo Anthos, 2021)

Kim Jiyoung, geboren in 1982 – Cho Nam-joo (Nijgh, 2020)
Welterusten, mama – Seo Mi-ae (Ambo Anthos, 2020)
Het huis met de kersenbloesem – Sun-mi Hwang (Ambo Anthos, 2020)
Demons – Kang Hwagil (Strangers Press, 2019)


Awards
Korea Times Modern Korean Literature Translation Award (2020)
Oxford Korean Poetry Translation Prize (2018)
World Literature Today Translation Prize (2018)


Degrees
Translation Academy – Literature Translation Institute of Korea ‘21
MSt Korean Studies – University of Oxford ‘19
MA Translation – School of Oriental and African Studies ‘18
BA Classics – King’s College London ‘17