Lawyer Banu Mushtaq, from Karnataka (India), is the first to win this award. Her short story collection Heart Lamp is ...

Banu Mushtaq's Haseena Mattu Itara Kathegalu, an anthology in Kannada, was unknown to Indians, let alone readers across the ...

Banu Mushtaq's 'Heart Lamp' has won the International Booker Prize, marking the first Kannada to English translation to ...

Women’s writing in Kannada has not received the recognition it deserves. Even most of the notable awards at the national ...

Author and activist Banu Mushtaq's short story collection, 'Heart Lamp,' made history by winning the International Booker Prize. The award marks a significant achievement for Kannada literature, ...

Banu Mushtaq won the International Booker Prize for her Kannada short story collection, 'Heart Lamp'. Karnataka's government offered her a 'G' category Bangalore Development Authority site in ...

Indian writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq has made literary history by winning the International Booker Prize for her ...

It was a proud moment for Karnataka and the Kannada literary world as Deepa Bhasthi won the prestigious International Booker ...

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

Indian author Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize for fiction for “Heart Lamp,” ...

Banu Mushtaq, who is an Indian writer-lawyer and an activist, has created history by becoming the first Kannada writer to win ...

The winners in each category will receive a cash award of $15,000 and a certificate.