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Tomb of Sand
Tomb of Sand

Winner The International Booker Prize 2022

Tomb of Sand

By
Geetanjali Shree
Translated by
Daisy Rockwell
An urgent yet engaging protest against the destructive impact of borders, whether between religions, countries or genders. Translated by Daisy Rockwell.

This is a luminous novel of India and partition, but one whose spellbinding brio and fierce compassion weaves youth and age, male and female, family and nation into a kaleidoscopic whole

Frank Wynne, chair of the judges

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Shortlisted authors 2022 International Booker Prize

Shortlisted authors Bora Chung, Mieko Kawakami, Jon Fosse, Geetanjali Shree and Claudia Piñeiro at the 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony

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Geetanjali Shree (author) wins The 2022 International Booker Prize for Tomb of Sand

Geetanjali Shree wins the 2022 International Booker Prize for Tomb of Sand

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Booker judges Viv Groskop, Petina Gappah, Frank Wynne, Jeremy Tiang and Merve Emre

Booker judges Viv Groskop, Petina Gappah, Frank Wynne, Jeremy Tiang and Merve Emre at the 2022 International Booker Prize ceremony

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Shortlisted books and trophies at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony

Shortlisted books and trophies at the 2022 International Booker Prize ceremony

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Bora Chung and Anton Hur

Shortlisted author Bora Chung with translator Anton Hur at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony.

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Translator Daisy Rockwell and author Geetanjali Shree winners of the 2022 International Booker Prize

Translator Daisy Rockwell and author Geetanjali Shree, winners of the 2022 International Booker Prize for the novel Tomb of Sand

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David Boyd, Mieko Kawakami and Sam Bett

Shortlisted author Mieko Kawakami with translators David Boyd and Sam Bett at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony.

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Damion Searls and Jon Fosse

Damion Searls, translator, with Jon Fosse, author of A New Name: Septology VI-VII, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022.

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Rozanna Madylus from Ukraine performs at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony

Rozanna Madylus from Ukraine performs at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony.

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Shortlisted translators, 2022 International Booker Prize

Shortlisted translators David Boyd, Sam Bett, Frances Riddle, Daisy Rockwell, Anton Hur and Damion Searls at the 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony

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Frances Riddle and Claudia Piñeiro

Frances Riddle, translator, with Claudia Piñeiro, author of Elena Knows, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2022

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Geetanjali Shree, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand

Geetanjali Shree, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for her novel Tomb of Sand

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Nicki Bedi host of The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony

Nicki Bedi host of The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony.

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International Booker Prize event 2022

International Booker Prize event 2022.

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Rozanna Madylus from Ukraine performs at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony

Rozanna Madylus from Ukraine performs at The 2022 International Booker Prize Ceremony.

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Geetanjali Shree, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for Tomb of Sand

Geetanjali Shree, winner of the International Booker Prize 2022 for her novel Tomb of Sand.

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Daisy Rockwell (translator) wins The 2022 International Booker Prize for Tomb of Sand

Daisy Rockwell wins the 2022 International Booker Prize for her translation of Geetanjali Shree’s novel Tomb of Sand

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‘Despite the violence… I find it to be a book of some considerable joy.’ Author Keri Hulme shares her thoughts on her powerful and influential 1985 Booker Prize-winning novel, The Bone People, including the relationships between the main protagonists – both Māori and Pākehā (white people).

Watch the 1991 Booker Prize ceremony, originally broadcast by the BBC as a Late Show special, in which Martin Amis makes his first appearance as a shortlisted writer, and Ben Okri wins for The Famished Road.

Watch the moment Keri Hulme’s The Bone People is announced as the 1985 Booker Prize winning book, and hear Hulme’s immediate reaction just after on the phone to Hermione Lee.

The full ceremony from 1992, in which Michael Ondaatje wins the prize with The English Patient.

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The Promise
The Promise

Winner The Booker Prize 2021

The Promise

By
Damon Galgut
Published by
Chatto & Windus
Brutal emotional truths hit home in Damon Galgut’s deft, powerful story of a diminished family and a troubled land.

I'd like to accept this on behalf of all the stories told and untold, the writers heard and unheard, from the remarkable continent I'm part of. Please keep listening to us, there's a lot more to come

— Damon Galgut accepting the Booker Prize 2021, November 3 2021

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