Geetanjali Shree

Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree
	Geetanjali Shree in February 2010
Native name	गीतांजलि श्री
Born	Geetanjali Pandey; 12 June 1957 (age 67); 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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^ "Bent Over Backwards", excerpts from Mai – Outlook India.
^ "Tomb of Sand | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

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[3] "Bent Over Backwards", excerpts from Mai – Outlook India.

[4] "Tomb of Sand | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2022.

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