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Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp” has won the International Booker Prize, the first collection of short fiction to do so.
The major writing prize awards the best fiction translated into English. Judges called Banu Mushtaq's short story collection ...
Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi and published by And Other Stories, is the first short story ...
Max Porter, Chair of the 2025 International Booker Prize judges, praised Heart Lamp as a standout from the outset. “This was ...
Winner of the International Booker Prize: “Heart Lamp" is a collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles with bothersome husbands, mothers and religious leaders.
It is the first time that the International Booker prize has been won by a book ... This comes through in the vignettes collected in Heart Lamp. At the centre of this work is great compassion ...
Kannada writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Wednesday scripted history by winning the International Booker Prize for 'Heart Lamp', the first Kannada title and ...
Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the 2025 International Booker prize. Here, our literature experts review the book and the ...
Banu Mushtaq, a Kannada writer, has been awarded the International Booker Prize 2025 for her short story collection, Heart Lamp. Deepa Bhasthi translated the book from Kannada to English.
Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp” has won the International Booker Prize, the first collection of short fiction to do so. Translated by Deepa Bhasthi, it is also the first book originally ...
This year’s winner of the International Booker Prize, Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, is the first ever short-story collection to have received this award. It is also the first Kannada title to do so.
"Heart Lamp" is the first book written in the Kannada language to win the prestigious prize. Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for ...