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Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' has won the International Booker Prize, marking the first Kannada to English translation to ...
Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp wins International Booker Prize, showcasing the power of Kannada literature through translation.
While there were several women who were inspired by the literary and political landscape of the ’80s, Banu remains one of the ...
Joy in India as writer Banu Mushtaq wins a major literary award for her short stories that she wrote over 3 decades in a regional language.
Kannada book 'Haseena Mattu Itara Kathegalu' by Banu Mushtaq sells out after winning International Booker Prize.
From Leonora Carrington’s surreal ageing heroine to Banu Mushtaq’s bold feminist stories, two women writers defy patriarchy ...
Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Tuesday won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” a collection of 12 short stories written over ...
Booker Prize-winning writer Banu Mushtaq’s work illuminates the hidden struggles of South Indian Muslim women, transforming regional tales into unive ...
Deepa Bhasthi, the winner of the prestigious International Booker Prize 2025, has etched her name in the books of literary ...
The stories in Heart Lamp are tight, clean and elegant. They manifest Mushtaq’s talent as a writer. The name, Heart Lamp, is also symbolic. It otherwise means a heart-shaped lamp used as a decorative ...
A few years ago, I picked up a book that had won this same prize. It was so slow, and hard to understand. Nothing happened - ...