Renowned author Geetanjali Shree has been awarded the prestigious International Booker Prize 2022

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Renowned author Geetanjali Shree has been awarded the prestigious International Booker Prize 2022 for her novel 'Tomb of Sand'.

• Geetanjali has become the first Indian author to win the Sri International Booker Prize.

• 'Tomb of Sand' has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.

• This book was originally published in Hindi language as 'Ret Samadhi'. English translation of 'Tomb of Sand' by American translator Daisy Rockwell.

• The book "Tomb of Sand" is published in the UK by Tilted Axis Press.

• Who is Geetanjali Shree

• Geetanjali Shree is originally from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. Gitanjali Shree has written three novels and several collections of stories.

• Among his other major novels are Purohit, Hamara Shahar Us Baras, Empty Space, Anugoonj etc.

• Synopsis of the novel 'Tomb of Sand'

• The novel tells the story of an 80-year-old elderly widow who loses her husband after the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.

• About International Booker Prize

• The International Booker Prize is awarded annually to a translation of a novel published in the UK or Ireland.

• The Booker Prize was established in 1969 by the Booker Mcconnell Company of England.

• Under this, the amount of 50 thousand pounds i.e. 44 lakh rupees received is divided between the translator and the writer.

• French novelist David Diop was awarded the 'International Booker Prize 2021'.