India, May 21 -- Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi have won the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp, the first collection of short stories to win the prize.

Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated from Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, is the 2025 winner of the International Booker Prize, the world's most influential award for translated fiction. The winning book, the first collection of short stories to be awarded the prize, was announced by bestselling Booker Prize-longlisted author Max Porter, Chair of the 2025 judges, at a ceremony at London's Tate Modern on Tuesday, 20 May 2025. The International Booker Prize recognises the vital work of translation, with the £50,000 prize money divided equally between the author and the transla...