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Tomb Of Sand
'' Tomb of Sand'' (originally titled ''Ret Samadhi'', hi, रेत समाधि) is a 2018 Hindi-language novel by Indian author Geetanjali Shree. It was translated into English by U.S. translator Daisy Rockwell. In 2022, the book became the first novel translated from an Indian language to win the International Booker Prize. Plot The book traces the transformative journey of 80-year-old Ma, who becomes depressed after the death of her husband. She then decides to travel to Pakistan, confronting trauma that had remained unresolved since she was a teenager who survived the Partition riots. The story is fictional. Critical reception The novel received praise from book critics in India and elsewhere. Writing in ''The Hindu'', reviewer Mini Kapoor described it as "a stunningly powerful story about stories that never end". Novelist Alka Saraogi, writing in '' The Book Review'', praised the novel for "its sweeping imagination and sheer power of language, unprecedented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree ( hi, गीतांजलि श्री; born 12 June 1957), also known as Geetanjali Pandey, 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, 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. Aside from fiction, she has written critical works on Premchand. Early life and education Shree was born in the city of Mainpuri in Uttar Pradesh state on 12 June 1957. As her father, Anirudh Pandey, was a civil servant, her family lived in various towns of Uttar Pradesh. Shree says that it was this upbringing in Uttar Pradesh, along with a lack of children's books in English, that gave her a rich connection to Hindi. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alka Saraogi
Alka Saraogi ( hi, अलका सरावगी; born 17 November 1960) is an Indian novelist and short story writer in the Hindi language. She is a recipient of the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi for her novel ''Kalikatha: Via Bypass''. Biography Alka Saraogi was born in a Marwari family of Rajasthani origin in Kolkata. She studied at Calcutta University, receiving a PhD for her thesis on the poetry of Raghuvir Sahay. Following her marriage and the birth of two children, Saraogi began to write short stories. Her first published work was ''Āp kī haṁsī'' (''Your laughter''), a story taking its title from one of Raghuvir Sahay's poems. Saraogi's mentor, Ashok Seksaria, sent it to Vartaman Sahitya, a Hindi literary journal, where it received favourable notice. She then published ''Kahānī kī talāś meṁ'' in 1996, a collection of short stories. Her first novel, ''Kalikatha: Via Bypass'', came out in 1998. It was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi liter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Booker Prize-winning Works
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Hindi-language Novels
Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been described as a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language, which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas of North India. Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, is one of the two official languages of the Government of India, along with English. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India. Hindi is the ''lingua franca'' of the Hindi Belt. It is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in a simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi). Outside India, several othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In Pakistan
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novels Set In India
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, typically written in prose and published as a book. The present English word for a long work of prose fiction derives from the for "new", "news", or "short story of something new", itself from the la, novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of ''novellus'', diminutive of ''novus'', meaning "new". Some novelists, including Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Ann Radcliffe, John Cowper Powys, preferred the term "romance" to describe their novels. According to Margaret Doody, the novel has "a continuous and comprehensive history of about two thousand years", with its origins in the Ancient Greek and Roman novel, in Chivalric romance, and in the tradition of the Italian renaissance novella.Margaret Anne Doody''The True Story of the Novel'' New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1996, rept. 1997, p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2014. The ancient romance form was revived by Romanticism, especially the historica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Indian Novels
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Émile Guimet Prize For Asian Literature
The Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature (Le Prix Émile Guimet de littérature asiatique) is a French literary prize awarded for the first time in 2017, and annually thereafter. About the prize The jury is made up of staff from the Musée Guimet, with writers, publishers and others in the book world. Between five and ten works from the previous year are selected on the basis of four criteria * the winning work is a translation into French, * the author is from one of the geographical areas of expertise of the museum, * the translation was published in France during the previous calendar year, * the original text was published in its country of origin less than ten years earlier. Winners and honorees References External links The Émile Guimet Prize on the Musée Guimet website {{DEFAULTSORT:Émile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature French literary awards Translation awards Awards established in 2017 2017 establishments in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éditions Des Femmes
Éditions des Femmes is a French feminist publishing house that was launched in 1972, mainly by women of the collective Psychoanalysis and Politics led by Antoinette Fouque, with other activists of the MLF, and funded by the patron Sylvina Boissonnas. They offer works written by women, women focused issues related to human rights and women's empowerment, women's creativity and reflection, and also produce audio books. History The statutes of the SARL Women (a company composed of 21 members in equal parts) were filed in December 1972. The first manager was Yvonne Boissarie. Marie-Claude Grumbach (December 11, 1940 - 1 May 2001) succeeded in June 1974. In 1979, sales of shares are made in favor of members Fouque, Sylvina Boissonnas and Marie-Claude Grumbach, which "represents a significant change; the equality that was the basis of the LLC is broken.". Publications The editions of women publish French and foreign authors, as well as "writings of yesterday". The different collections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wynne
Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer. Born in County Sligo in the west of Ireland, he worked as a comics editor at Fleetway and later at comic magazine ''Deadline''. He worked for a time at AOL before becoming a literary translator. He has translated many authors including Michel Houellebecq, Boualem Sansal, Frédéric Beigbeder and the late Ivoirian novelist Ahmadou Kourouma. He has twice jointly won the International Dublin Literary Award: with Houellebecq for ''Atomised'' (his translation of ''Les Particules élémentaires''); and with Alice Zeniter for ''The Art of Losing'' (his translation of ''L'Art de Perdre''). His translation of Frédéric Beigbeder's ''Windows on the World'', a novel set in the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York during the September 11, 2001 attacks, won the 2005 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Notably, he is a two-time winner of both the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize for translation from the Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Book Review
''The Book Review'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering reviews for books of various subjects. Regarded as India's first English-language review journal, it was founded in January 1976 by Chitra Narayanan, Uma Iyengar, and Chandra Chari; the latter two are the editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...s. In 1985, the journal was ceased from publication but was revived two years later. References External links * {{Official website, thebookreviewindia.org Academic journals published in India English-language journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini Kapoor
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