Daisy Rockwell

Daisy Rockwell
Bornc. 1969
Western Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forWriter, painter and artist, and Hindi and Urdu text translator
FamilyNorman Rockwell (grandfather)
AwardsInternational Booker Prize
2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award
2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation

Daisy Rockwell (born 1969)[1] is an American Hindi and Urdu language translator and artist. 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 2021 translation of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand was the first South Asian book to win the International Booker Prize. Rockwell was awarded the 2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award by the Vani Foundation and Teamwork Arts, during the 2023 edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival.[2][3] Tomb of Sand also won her the 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.[4]

  1. ^ "Daisy Rockwell". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "'Tomb of Sand' translator Daisy Rockwell gets 2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award". Scroll.in. January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  3. ^ "Daisy Rockwell to receive Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award". Deccan Chronicle. January 12, 2023. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  4. ^ Scroll Staff (November 25, 2022). "Geetanjali Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' shares 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation with 'Osebol'". Scroll.in. Retrieved July 3, 2023.