International booker prize 2022

Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the International Booker Prize has announced its 2022 winner, Tomb of Sand is the first book originally written in any Indian language to win the award and the first novel translated from Hindi to be recognized in the prize’s history.Set in northern India, the novel follows the path of an 80-year-old-woman who in the wake of her husband’s death and a period of depression decides to reclaim her life and travels to Pakistan to confront the unresolved traumas of her experiences as a teenager during the Partition. It is an urgent and immensely powerful critique of the destructive power of borders and boundaries of all kinds. The novel has also been recognized for its humor and wordplay even with its serious subject matter. In his remarks during the ceremony, chair of the judges Frank Wynne, described the novel as a “joyous cacophony” with Shree’s language “captured in playful poetics” by translator Daisy Rockwell. Tomb of Sand was published by the independent press, Tilted Axis, the publishing house founded by International Booker Prize-winning translator Deborah Smith. Small presses dominated this year’s longlist and shortlist and this was Tilted Axis’s first time on the list with three titles longlisted⁠— Tomb of Sand; The prize is awarded every year to a single book translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It aims to encourage more publishing and reading of international f...

Geetanjali Shree, Indian author and the winner of this year's International Booker Prize for her novel, "Tomb of Sand," speaks at the Expo Centre Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, Nov. 3, as part of the ongoing 41st edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair. Courtesy of Sharjah Book Authority Indian novelist Geetanjali Shree discusses her genre-defying masterpiece at SIBF By Park Han-sol SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates ― "No, no, I won't get up. Noooooo, I won't rise nowwww. Nooo rising nyooww. Nyooo riiise nyoooo. Now rise new. Now, I'll rise anew." Uttered by author Geetanjali Shree in her mother tongue, Hindi, on the morning of Nov. 3, the delightful wordplay echoed through the convention hall at the Expo Centre Sharjah, filled with nearly 400 secondary school students from across the United Arab Emirates. The passage comes from her fifth novel, "Tomb of Sand" ("Ret Samadhi" in its 2018 Hindi original), which earned her the honor of becoming the first-ever Indian novelist to win the International Booker Prize early this year after competing with five other shortlisted titles, including Korean author Chung Bora's "Cursed Bunny." In less than 30 words, this handful of sentences already hints at what is at the heart of the 65-year-old writer's seminal work: the inventive and playful use of the language as well as the transformative journey of self-reclamation taken by a frail, bedridden woman in northern India who seems to have entirely given up on life. "The trigger...

Set in North India, the story revolves around a middle-class family: the three generations of women in the family and the men around them. At the center is the Mai or the mother named Rajjo, who seems to be weak and silent but ultimately it is she who holds together the family while carving a life for herself and others. "Her New Age children are obsessed with rescuing her from the ‘prison’ and escaping themselves; but as the story unfolds, any simplistic notion of bondage and freedom goes for a toss. Profound stories of love and loss are lightly delivered," reads the book's blurb. While the story may seem simple, the author makes the reader question the patriarchy, society's stereotypes and much more through this novel. In 2002, Shree's 'Mai: Silently Mother' was chosen for the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize.

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Chung Bora, the author of "Cursed Bunny" / Courtesy of Arzak South Korean novelist Chung Bora has made it to the shortlist for the 2022 International Booker Prize, one of the three largest literary awards in the world. The author of "Cursed Bunny" was among the six finalists for the British prize, established in 2005 to honor an author and translator equally for a single work of fiction translated into English, the event's organizer announced on social media Thursday (local time). Anton Hur, a Sweden-born Korean who translated the book into English, was also put on the list along with Chung. "Cursed Bunny" is a collection of 10 science-fiction short stories on curses and revenge. Novelist Park Sang-young of "Love in the Big City," who was longlisted for the prize together with Chung last month, was not included this time. It is the third time a South Korean author has advanced to the final stage of the prize. Han Kang's "The Vegetarian" and "The White Book" were shortlisted for the prize in 2016 and 2018, respectively, and Han was the winner in 2016. The winner will be announced on May 26, with the top prize of 50,000 pounds (US$65,000) to be shared equally by the author and the translator. (Yonhap)