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 ...

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 - ...

BENGALURU: ‘Heart Lamp’, which won the prestigious International Booker Prize, is selling like hot cakes. The English ...

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

Kannada writer, lawyer, and activist Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi on Wednesday scripted history by winning the ...

It is a crowning moment for Indian, especially Kannada, literature that Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the International ...

Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated by Deepa Bhasthi and published by And Other Stories, is the first short story ...

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.

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

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq has won the 2025 International Booker prize. Here, our literature experts review the book and the ...