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... that Daisy Rockwell, the granddaughter of
Norman Rockwell, won the 2022
International Booker Prize for her translation of Tomb of Sand by
Geetanjali Shree? Source: “ you handle a heavy thing with lightness, you actually increase the poignancy, and it puts a different kind of focus on it.” Geetanjali Shree is talking to me about her novel Tomb of Sand, which, in its translation from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, won the International Booker prize on Thursday.”
The Guardian
Moved to mainspace within last 7 days, and passes the 1500 character recommendation. No plagiarism or copyvio detected. Article is reliably sourced, hook is sourced and interesting. QPQ achieved. Looks good to go!
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