Geetanjali Shree | |
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 Geetanjali Shree in February 2010 | |
| Native name | गीतांजलि श्री |
| Born | Geetanjali Pandey 12 June 1957 Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Novels, short stories |
| Notable works | Tomb of Sand |
| Notable awards | International Booker Prize (2022) |
Geetanjali Shree (Hindi: गीतांजलि श्री; born 12 June 1957), also known as Geetanjali Pandey,[a] is an Indian Hindi-language novelist and short-story writer based in New Delhi, India. She is the author of several short stories and five novels. Her 2000 novel Mai was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award in 2001,[2] while its English translation by Nita Kumar was published by Niyogi Books in 2017. In 2022, her novel Ret Samadhi (2018), translated into English as Tomb of Sand by Daisy Rockwell, won the International Booker Prize.[3] Aside from fiction, she has written critical works on Premchand.
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- ^ "Tomb of Sand | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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