An extraordinary author-translator collaboration produced a book, “Heart Lamp,” that was lauded for enriching the English ...

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

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.

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

Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq and translator Deepa Bhasthi have won the prestigious International Booker Prize for their work ...

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

Were you familiar with her work? Before translating my stories, I learned that Deepa had already translated two other Kannada books. However, I had not read those translations. Until then ...

A pro-Kannada organization has filed a police complaint ... threatening communal harmony in Karnataka. He urged police to book the singer under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita ...

You have been a Kannada writer for more than 50 years. However, not many of your books have been translated into other Indian languages or English. None of my works has been translated ...

with Heart Lamp becoming one of the very few Kannada-language works to be recognised at this level". Moutushi Mukherjee, Penguin Commissioning editor who worked on the book, said, "To see Heart ...

Six books from around the world, including translations from Japanese, Danish and Kannada, are shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize. The annual award celebrates the best works of ...