International Booker Prize
- Banu Mushtaq has won the prestigious International Booker Prize for her Kannada short story collection, Heart Lamp.
- About the International Booker Prize:
- Established in 2005 as the Man Booker International Prize, this annual award honors a book translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland. The prize aims to promote quality fiction from non-English languages and encourage wider readership of global literature. It highlights works across various genres, including novels and short story collections, offering English-speaking audiences access to diverse literary voices from around the world.