Writer Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’ wins Booker Prize
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London: Popular writer, activist and lawyer from Karnataka, Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ became the first Kannada literary work to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.
Mushtaq described the prize as a victory for diversity, as she collected the prize at a much awaited ceremony held at Tate Modern on Tuesday.
She received the award along with her translator Deepa Bhasthi, who translated the title from Kannada to English.
It is a collection of 12 short stories and the book was among the six literary works shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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