| 1. Geetanjali Shree received the 2022 International Booker Prize for her book 'Tomb of Sand'. |
| 2. She has roots in Ghazipur District, Gondaur village, Uttar Pradesh. |
| 3. Growing up in Uttar Pradesh, she was immersed in Hindi despite attending English-medium schools. |
| 4. Her father preferred English writing over Hindi when she started writing. |
| 5. She began her writing career during a train journey between Baroda and Delhi when she wrote her first complete story in a notebook. |
| 6. She chose to write in Hindi as a radical choice reflecting her belief in the vitality of her mother tongue over English, which is favored by the educated elite. |
| 7. Her works have been translated into several European and Asian languages. |
| 8. Tomb of Sand was translated into English by Daisy Rockwell and into French by Annie Montaut. |
