‘Tomb of Sand’ becomes 1st Hindi novel to win 2022 Booker Prize

Indian author Geetanjali Shree and American translator Daisy Rockwell won the 2022 International Booker Prize for “Tomb of Sand”.

The book “Tomb of Sand’ was originally written in Hindi, it is the first book in any Indian language to win such a prestigious award. The prize money of 50,000 pound will be split between Shree and Rockwell.

The book is about a widow who dares to confront her experiences during the 1947 partition into India and Pakistan.