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

Kannada writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Wednesday scripted history by winning the ...

The Kannadiga literary sphere, which is celebrating Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi, hopes the International Booker Prize win will put the spotlight on Kannada literature and on Indian writing in gener ...

Indian writer, women activist Banu Mushtaq scripted history by winning the International Booker prize for the short story ...

Translated by Deepa Bhasthi, 'Heart Lamp' is the first Kannada book and first short story collection to win the International ...

HASSAN: Words failed on this occasion. When Banu—author, activist, lawyer, journalist, poet, wife, mother and ...

Banu Mushtaqs Heart Lamp has become the first Kannada book to win the International Booker Prize, a prestigious award ...

He says, “I used to think of Kannada as the intimate space of home, and English as the courtyard that is open to engagement with the outside world. The global recognition that Heart Lamp has ...

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

It is a crowning moment for Indian, especially Kannada, literature that Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the International ...

Hassan: In a defining moment for Indian literature, 77-year-old Kannada author, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq has won the ...