Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
by Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Booker Prize | 2025 | Winner |
About This Book
A collection of short stories about Muslim women navigating love, faith, marriage, and desire in South India. Written with compassion and precision, the stories explore the interior lives of women often rendered invisible. Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize.
About the Authors
Banu Mushtaq is an Indian author who writes in Kannada, based in Karnataka. She won the 2025 International Booker Prize for *Heart Lamp: Selected Stories*, a collection of short stories exploring Muslim women's lives in South India. She has been writing and publishing since the 1980s and is also a lawyer and social activist.
Deepa Bhasthi is an Indian writer and translator based in Kodagu, Karnataka. She translated Banu Mushtaq's *Heart Lamp*, sharing the 2025 International Booker Prize. She writes criticism, essays, and fiction in English, and her translation work champions literature from South India and the Global South.
