Mithu Sanyal is a cultural scientist, journalist, and author. She is a three-time recipient of the Dietirch Oppenberg Medienpreis of the Stiftung Lesen for her radio plays and features, primarily produced for WDR. Sanyal writes for various broadcasters and newspapers including BR, SWR, Deutschlandfunk, the Bundeszentral für Politische Bildung, DIE ZEIT, and taz. Her book “Vulva”, a cultural history of the female genitalia, was published by Wagenbach Verlag in 2009, with a new edition released in 2017. It was followed by publications on sexism (Orlanda Verlag, 2013) and sexual violence (Edition Nautilus, 2016). In 2021, she celebrated the publication of her first novel, “Identitti”, by Hanserverlag.
