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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Whose translation ‘Tomb of Sand’ has been nominated for the International Booker Prize?
A
Arundhati Roy
B
Geetanjali Shree
C
Aravind Adiga
D
Kiran Desai
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indian author Geetanjali Shree has won the prestigious International Booker Prize for her Hindi novel Ret Samadhi, translated into English as Tomb of Sand by Daisy Rockwell.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hindi Novel Wins International Booker Prize for the First Time. “Tomb of Sand,” written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell, won despite getting little previous attention from reviewers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tomb of Sand (originally titled Ret Samadhi, Hindi: ) is a 2018 Hindi-language novel by Indian author Geetanjali Shree. It was translated into English by U.S. translator Daisy Rockwell.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated by Daisy Rockwell, has won the 2022 International Booker Prize for Translated Fiction.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree and translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, the 2022 International Booker Prize winner, is the first book originally written in any Indian language to bag the prize. Rockwell’s English translation clinched one of English PEN’s flagship translation awards in 2019.

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