Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree

Sustained efforts needed to bring Hindi literature centre-stage: Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree

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Sustained efforts needed to bring Hindi literature centre-stage: Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree

The first-ever Indian winner of the International Booker Prize, Geetanjali Shree, has had a roller coaster few days since her Hindi novel ‘Ret Samadhi’ won the coveted literary honour for its English translation ‘Tomb of Sand’ this week. The Delhi-based author, along with American translator Daisy Rockwell, has been inundated with messages from around the … Read more

First International Booker Prize for an Indian language book: With win, Indian publishing hopes for revolution

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First International Booker Prize for an Indian language book: With win, Indian publishing hopes for revolution

As India’s literary circuit celebrates the first-ever International Booker Prize for an Indian language book, Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand, a translated version of Ret Samadhi in Hindi, the mood is upbeat for publishing in regional languages. As if taking a cue from Frank Wynne, the chair of the judges for this year’s prize, who … Read more