Hindi novelist Geetanjali Shree created history by winning the International Booker Prize 2022 for her novel 'Tomb of Sand'. The book is translated into English..

64-year-old Shree's work has been translated into several languages -- including English, French, German, Serbian, and Korean -- has received and been..

‘Tomb of Sand', originally ‘Ret Samadhi', is set in northern India and follows an 80-year-old woman in a tale the Booker judges dubbed a "joyous cacophony"..

The Tomb of Sand, a story set in the Partition era, narrates the ordeal of a elderly woman after the death of her husband.

‘Tomb of Sand', originally ‘Ret Samadhi', is set in northern India and follows an 80-year-old woman in a tale the Booker judges dubbed a “joyous..

Originally published in Hindi as Ret Samadhi, the book is translated into English by Daisy Rockwell.

The International Booker Prize is a prestigious annual award that is given to "a single book, translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland''.

Shree's novel 'Tomb of Sand' is among six books from all over the world shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.

The contenders often include writers who are widely read in their own languages but less known in English.

Ted Hodgkinson, who chaired a panel of judges, described the novel as “a tender and visceral evocation of a childhood caught between shame and salvation.”