Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp” has won the International Booker Prize, the first collection of short fiction to do so.

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

Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp,” translated by Deepa Bhasthi, had received little notice in Britain or the United States before Tuesday. Now, it’s won the major award for translated fiction.

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

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

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

The International Booker Prize 2025 has been awarded to 'Heart Lamp', a collection of 12 short stories by Kannada author Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi. The book chronicles the lives and ...

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

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Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection 'Heart Lamp' on Tuesday night became the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.

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 ...