Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” ...

It is the first time that the award has been given to a collection of short stories. "Heart Lamp" is the first book written ...

Translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, the book won the Booker from a list of six novels, which were shortlisted for the ...

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

Max Porter, chair of judges for The International Booker Prize 2025, said, “Our winning book shifts our perspective, teaches ...

Mushtaq reportedly described her win as a victory for diversity as she collected the prize at a ceremony at Tate Modern along ...

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

The tales in ‘Heart Lamp', the first collection of short stories to win the prize, were written by Mushtaq over a period of ...

Earlier, Banu Mushtaq was a reporter for the newspaper Lankesh Patrike. For a brief period, her career also included at All ...

Banu Mushtaq’s collection of short stories is the first translation from Kannada to English to be shortlisted for the Booker ...