THE FIRST INDIAN BOOK “TOMB OF SAND” WON BOOKER PRIZE 2022
Author Geetanjali Shree became the first Indian author who won Booker Prize.. learn in detail.
(The Quiver) : Geetanjali Shree created history by winning the prestigious International Booker Prize on Thursday for her novel ‘Tomb of Sand’. Her book, ‘Tomb of Sand’ also became the first book in any Indian language to win the award.
Shree won the prize alongside American translator Daisy Rockwell, who translated the Hindi novel into English.
The judges described book as a “loud and irresistible novel”. Her book competed with five other titles from around the world for the prestigious 50,000 pounds literary prize.
ABOUT THE NOVEL
The novel ‘Tomb of Sand’, in Hindi titled ‘Ret Samadhi’, is a family saga set in the shadow of the partition of India and follows an 80-year-old woman after the death of her husband.
The book was published in Hindi in 2018. It was the first Hindi-language book to be shortlisted for the £50,000 prize.
