LONDON: (May 21) Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ (Hridaya Deepa) has become the first Kannada title to win the coveted International Booker Prize in London.
Mushtaq described her win as a victory for diversity as she collected the prize on Tuesday night at a ceremony at Tate Modern in London along with her translator Deepa Bhasthi, who translated the title from Kannada to English.
The winning collection of 12 short stories chronicles the resilience, resistance, wit, and sisterhood of everyday women in patriarchal communities in southern India, vividly brought to life through a rich tradition of oral storytelling. PTI
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