The winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize is TOMB OF SAND by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell. This is the first book originally written in any Indian language to win the International Booker Prize, and the first novel translated from Hindi to be recognized by the award. Set in northern India, the novel follows the adventures of an 80-year-old woman who unexpectedly gains a new, and highly unconventional, lease on life.

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2022 Winner
 

• TOMB OF SAND by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell
   

2022 Shortlist
 

• CURSED BUNNY by Bora Chung, translated from Korean by Anton Hur
• A NEW NAME: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated from Norwegian by Damion Searls
• HEAVEN by Mieko Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Samuel Bett and David Boyd
• ELENA KNOWS by Claudia Pineiro, translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle
• TOMB OF SAND by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell
• THE BOOKS OF JACOB by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from Polish by Jennifer Croft
   

2022 Longlist
 

• CURSED BUNNY by Bora Chung, translated from Korean by Anton Hur
• AFTER THE SUN by Jonas Eika, translated from Danish by Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg
• A NEW NAME: Septology VI-VII by Jon Fosse, translated from Norwegian by Damion Searls
• MORE THAN I LOVE MY LIFE by David Grossman, translated from Hebrew by Jessica Cohen
• THE BOOK OF MOTHER by Violaine Huisman, translated from French by Leslie Camhi
• HEAVEN by Mieko Kawakami, translated from Japanese by Samuel Bett and David Boyd
• PARADAIS by Fernanda Melchor, translated from Spanish by Sophie Hughes
• LOVE IN THE BIG CITY by Sang Young Park, translated from Korean by Anton Hur
• HAPPY STORIES, MOSTLY by Norman Erikson Pasaribu, translated from Indonesian by Tiffany Tsao
• ELENA KNOWS by Claudia Pineiro, translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle
• PHENOTYPES by Paulo Scott, translated from Portuguese by Daniel Hahn
• TOMB OF SAND by Geetanjali Shree, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell
• THE BOOKS OF JACOB by Olga Tokarczuk, translated from Polish by Jennifer Croft