Hindi author Geetanjali Shree’s novel “RET SAMADHI” (Tomb of Sand) wins International Booker Prize, becoming 1st novel translated from Hindi to do so. Geetanjali Shree is not only the award’s first Hindi winner, but also it is for 1st time a book originally written in any Indian language has won the booker prize.
The novel translated by Daisy Rockwell has won 50,000 Pounds prize – which will be split between author and translator equally.
Tombof Sand is the story about an 80-year-old woman, who slips into a deep depression when her husband dies, then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life.
The woman travels to Pakistan to confront the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition, and re-evaluates what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman and a feminist.
