May 27, 2022
Former vice chair of the Institute, Dr. Daisy Rockwell's translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand has been awarded the 2022 International Booker Prize. Tomb of Sand is the first novel translated from an Indian language to win the award. Dr. Rockwell is a painter and translator of Hindi and Urdu literature, living in northern New England. She paints under the takhallus, or alias, Lapata (pronounced ‘laapataa’), which is Urdu for “missing,” or “absconded,” as in “my luggage is missing,” or “the bandits have absconded.” She posts her paintings regularly to Flickr, and has shown her work widely. Read more about her publications and awards.