Geetanjali Shree

Winner of 2022 Int Booker prize is Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree

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Winner of 2022 Int Booker prize is Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree

Tomb of Sand, Daisy Rockwell’s English translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Hindi novel Ret Samadhi, won the 2022 International Booker Award. “I never dreamed of the Booker, I never thought I could. What a great recognition, I am amazed, delighted, honoured and honoured,” Shree said in her acceptance speech. “There is a melancholy satisfaction in the … Read more

Indian Novel ‘Tomb of Sand’ shortlisted for International Booker Prize 2022

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Indian Novel ‘Tomb of Sand’ shortlisted for International Booker Prize 2022

This year’s shortlist for the International Booker Prize for translated fiction includes five authors, including Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, among which Tomb of Sand (Ret Samadhi in Hindi) by Geetanjali Shree has become the first book translated from Hindi to be shortlisted. Tomb of Sand About her selection, author Geetanjali Shree said: “It is a … Read more