'Jeojutokki' Information Fails Booker Prize... Indian Gitanjali Shree Wins

[Asia Economy Reporter Seomideum] The honor of winning the International Booker Prize, one of the world's three major literary awards, went to Indian author Geetanjali Shree for her work "Tomb of Sand." The translator is Daisy Rockwell, who lives in Vermont, USA.

On the night of the 26th (local time), the Booker Foundation announced Shree's "Tomb of Sand" as the 2022 International Booker Prize winner at the Booker Prize ceremony held at One Marylebone, an event hall in London, UK.

"Tomb of Sand" is a work that depicts the journey of an 80-year-old woman in northern India who falls into deep depression after her husband's death and embarks on a new life opportunity, as well as the confusion felt by her daughter during the process. It is the first work originally written in Hindi to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It has not yet been translated into Korean.

Thus, following Han Kang's "The Vegetarian" in 2016, the second-ever Booker Prize win was missed. The last time a finalist was unsuccessful was after Han Kang's "White" in 2018.

The Man Booker Prize is considered one of the world's three major literary awards alongside the Nobel Prize in Literature and the French Prix Goncourt. It is divided into a category for authors from Commonwealth countries and an International category for authors and translators from outside the Commonwealth. Unlike the Nobel Prize in Literature, it is awarded to a work rather than the author.

The winning work's translator and original author each receive ?50,000 (approximately 80 million KRW). Finalists also receive a prize of ?1,000.

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