Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Booker Prize | 2022 | Winner |
About This Book
An 80-year-old woman emerges from depression after her husband's death to embark on a journey from India to Pakistan, facing the partition that scarred her youth. A joyous, playful, formally inventive novel. Winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize.
About the Authors
Geetanjali Shree is an Indian author who writes in Hindi, making history in 2022 as the first Hindi-language author to win the International Booker Prize for *Tomb of Sand* (*Ret Samadhi*). Born in 1957 in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, she studied history at Delhi's Miranda House and later obtained a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her novel is a sweeping, exuberant work about an elderly Indian woman's journey of self-discovery.
Daisy Rockwell is an American translator of Hindi and Urdu literature and a painter. She shared the 2022 International Booker Prize with Geetanjali Shree for her translation of *Tomb of Sand*. She is the granddaughter of Norman Rockwell. Read more →
