Geetanjali Shree is the author of five novels, including Tomb of Sand for which she was awarded the 2022 International Booker Prize, and five story collections. Her work has been translated into several European and South Asian languages, and has received numerous accolades. She lives in New Delhi, India.
Daisy Rockwell is a painter, writer, and translator living in Vermont who was awarded the International Booker Prize in 2022 for her translation of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand.
She has also translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, and in 2019 she was awarded the Modern Language Association's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for her translation of Krishna Sobti's A Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There.
She has also translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, and in 2019 she was awarded the Modern Language Association's Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for her translation of Krishna Sobti's A Gujarat Here, a Gujarat There.
