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Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq wins Booker Prize

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May 22, 2025

Indian writer, women activist Banu Mushtaq scripted history by winning the International Booker prize for the short story anthology, Heart Lamp in 2025.

Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq wins Booker Prize

It is the first short-story collection and a Kannada book to win the honour.

Originally written in Kannada, the stories in Heart Lamp were translated into English by Deepa Bhasthi. She was also honoured with the International Booker Prize along with writer Mushtaq.

As per the Booker Prize website, Heart Lamp is a collection of 12 short stories chronicling the everyday lives of women and girls in patriarchal communities in southern India. The collection of 12 stories spans more than 30 years, written between 1990 and 2023.

Mushtaq is the author of six short-story collections, a novel, an essay collection and a poetry collection.

Holding expertise in Kannada, the writer has won major awards for her literary works, including the Karnataka Sahitya Academy and the Daana Chintamani Attimabbe awards, as per The Booker Prizes website.

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