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Global Indianstory Art & CultureShree’s Tomb of Sand for Booker
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Shree’s Tomb of Sand for Booker

Published by: Team GI Youth

Hindi novelist and short story writer Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand has become the first book translated from Hindi to be nominated for the International Booker Prize 2022. It’s among the 13 novels longlisted for the prize.

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Published on 19, Mar 2022

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