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Author Geetanjali Shree's Hindi novel 'Tomb of Sand' has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.

Author Geetanjali Shree's Hindi novel 'Tomb of Sand' has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize.

Geetanjali Shree becomes first Hindi novelist to win International Booker Prize - Originally published in Hindi as Ret Samadhi, the book is translated into English by Daisy Rockwell.

'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' and an 'irresistible novel'

At a ceremony in London on Thursday, the New Delhi-based writer said she was completely overwhelmed with the "bolt from the blue" as she accepted her prize, worth GBP 50,000 and shared with the book's English translator, Daisy Rockwell.

The book is set in northern India and follows an 80-year-old woman in a tale the Booker judges dubbed a joyous cacophony and an irresistible novel

The International Booker Prize is the sister prize of the Booker Prize and is awarded for a book which has been translated into English and published in the... 27.05.2022, Sputnik International

‘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” and an "irresistible novel".

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Several of the shortlisted authors and translators read from their books at the Southbank Centre in London. Whose names will be announced as winners today?