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Future of Hindi literature set to prosper: Booker winner Geetanjali Shree

Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi litterateur to receive the International Booker Prize, talks in an interview to Sandeep Kumar on many topics including the impact of this award

Geetanjali Shree
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Geetanjali Shree's novel Ret Samadhi, Tomb of Sand, won her the coveted literary prize.

Sandeep Kumar
Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi litterateur to receive the International Booker Prize, talks in an interview to Sandeep Kumar on many topics including the impact of this award, the future of Hindi literature and her creation process. Excerpts:

You are the first Hindi writer whose work has won the prestigious International Booker Prize. Do you think other Hindi writers too will benefit from this in the future? Will their acceptance increase?

If there indeed is a correlation between a prestigious international prize and the acceptance of, and gains to writers, then the effect of Ret Samadhi getting the Booker Award