The major writing prize awards the best fiction translated into English. Judges called Banu Mushtaq's short story collection ...

Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi and published by And Other Stories, is the first short story ...

This year’s International Booker Prize was awarded to Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp,’ a collection of short stories written in Kannada. As with Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand,’ it lights up a path we ...

Max Porter, Chair of the 2025 International Booker Prize judges, praised Heart Lamp as a standout from the outset. “This was ...

The author and activist shares award with translator Deepa Bhasthi; win also throws spotlight on the Kannada language, widely ...

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the 2025 International Booker prize. Here, our literature experts review the book and the ...

Winner of the International Booker Prize: “Heart Lamp" is a collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles with bothersome husbands, mothers and religious leaders.

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' becomes the first Kannada title to win the International Booker Prize. Her collection of short ...

Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp” has won the International Booker Prize, the first collection of short fiction to do so. Translated by Deepa Bhasthi, it is also the first book originally ...

Writer and activist Banu Mushtaq, 77, made history on Tuesday by winning the International Booker Prize for 'Heart Lamp', a short story collection originally written in Kannada.  This marks the first ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' becomes the first Kannada book to win the International Booker Prize. This anthology of short ...