Daisy Rockwell
Daisy Rockwell (born 1969) is an American Hindi and Urdu language translator and artist. She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni's Tamas, and Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard. Her 2021 translation of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand was the first South Asian book to win the International Booker Prize. Rockwell was awarded the 2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award by the Vani Foundation and Teamwork Arts, during the 2023 edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival. Tomb of Sand also won her the 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.
Daisy Rockwell | |
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| Born | c. 1969 Western Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Writer, painter and artist, and Hindi and Urdu text translator |
| Family | Norman Rockwell (grandfather) |
| Awards | International Booker Prize 2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award 2023 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation |
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