Daisy Rockwell

Daisy Rockwell is a painter, writer and translator living in Vermont, US.

Rockwell was born in 1969 in Massachusetts. She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk’s Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas, and Khadija Mastur’s The Women’s Courtyard. Her 2019 translation of Krishna Sobti’s A Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There was awarded the Modern Language Association’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Translation Prize.

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Watch the full ceremony for the 2022 International Booker Prize.

‘Tomb of Sand was very difficult to translate into English because of all the wordplay, puns and alliteration.’

Shortlisted author Geetanjali Shree reads from ‘Tomb of Sand’

Photos from the ceremony

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

All nominated books

Tomb of Sand

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

By Geetanjali Shree

Translated by Daisy Rockwell