Banu Mushtaq
a trailblazing writer, lawyer and activist from Karnataka, has become the first Kannada author to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for her short story collection "Heart Lamp" translated by Deepa Bhasthi on May 20,2025 in London.
✅About Heart Lamp
// A compilation of 12 short stories written from 1990 to 2023.
// Translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi.
// Focuses on the hardships, resistance, and resilience of Muslim women in Karnataka.
// Reflects the personal experiences and sociocultural observations of the author.
✅International Booker Prize:
This prize is for fiction that is translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The prize money is shared equally between the author and the translator. The £50,000 prize money is split equally between the author and the translator, highlighting their equal contributions to the final English-language text.
Geetanjali Shree First Indian writer to receive International Booker
Prize in 2022 for her novel Tomb of Sand.
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