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- Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s novel ‘Pookkuzhi’ was translated as ‘Pyre’ in English by Anirudh Vasudevan.
- It has made it to the International Booker Prize 2023 longlist.
- Thus, it was becoming the first Tamil novel to be nominated for the Bookers.
- Set in rural Tamil Nadu in the 1980s, the book explores caste-based violence through the elopement of a young inter-caste couple.
- In total, 13 novels have made it to the longlist this year.
- In 2022, Geetanjali Shree became the first Hindi novelist to win an International Booker for ‘Ret Samadhi’.
- This was translated into English as ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Daisy Rockwell.
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