Banu Mushtaq
Banu Mushtaq | |
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| Born | 3 April 1948 Hassan, Mysore State, Dominion of India (now Hassan, Karnataka, India) |
| Occupation | Writer, activist and lawyer |
| Notable works | Heart Lamp (translated by Deepa Bhasthi) |
| Notable awards | International Booker Prize (2025) |
Banu Mushtaq (born 3 April 1948) is an Indian Kannada-language writer, activist, and lawyer from Karnataka. She is best known for Heart Lamp, a selection of her short stories translated by Deepa Bhasthi, which won the International Booker Prize in 2025. She has published six short story collections, a novel, an essay collection, and a poetry collection. Her work has been translated into Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and English.