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Which Indian-origin writer won the 2022 International Booker Prize for the novel Tomb of Sand, originally written in Hindi as Ret Samadhi?

1. Geetanjali Shree
2. Perumal Murugan
3. Anuradha Roy
4. Kiran Desai

Correct answer: Geetanjali Shree

Solution

Geetanjali Shree won the 2022 International Booker Prize for Tomb of Sand, translated from Hindi as Ret Samadhi. It was a landmark win for Hindi literature.

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