- Indian writer Geetanjali Shree along with American translator Daisy Rockwell has won the 2022 International Booker Prize for the book titled “Tomb of Sand.”
- This book has been originally written in Hindi and is the first book in any Indian language to have won this high-profile award.
- This award recognizes fiction from across the world that has been translated into the English language.
- This award carries prize money of 50,000-pound ($63,000) which will be split between Rockwell and Shree.
