Take a look at the moment Geetanjali Shree and found out that they had won the #2022InternationalBooker Prize! Find out more about ‘Tomb of Sand’ here: #TranslatedFiction /YGJDgMLD6G- The Booker Prizes May 26, 2022 Rockwell, a painter, writer and translator living in Vermont, US, joined her on stage to receive her award for translating the novel she described as a "love letter to the Hindi language". The vocabulary of life will increase from such an interaction," she said. World literature will be the richer for knowing some of the finest writers in these languages. "But behind me and this book lies a rich and flourishing literary tradition in Hindi, and in other South Asian languages. Reflecting upon becoming the first work of fiction in Hindi to make the Booker cut, the 64-year-old author said it feels good to be the means of that happening. The Booker will surely take it to many more people than it would have reached otherwise, that should do the book no harm," she said. ‘Ret Samadhi/Tomb of Sand' is an elegy for the world we inhabit, a lasting energy that retains hope in the face of impending doom. "There is a melancholy satisfaction in the award going to it.
What a huge recognition, I'm amazed, delighted, honoured and humbled," said Shree, in her acceptance speech. "I never dreamt of the Booker, I never thought I could.
We are delighted to announce that the winner of the #2022InternationalBooker Prize is ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi to English by and published by /TqUTew0Aem- The Booker Prizes May 26, 2022Īt a ceremony in London on Thursday, Geetanjali Shree said she was "completely overwhelmed" with the "bolt from the blue" as she accepted her prize along with translator Daisy Rockwell.