female author
south asia
Banu Mushtaq 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.Wikipedia →
Works
ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಮೂಡಿದ ಹಾದಿ
A Path Marked by Footsteps
Kannada · 1990Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
ಬೆಂಕಿ ಮಳೆ
Fire Rain
Kannada · 1999Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
ಎದೆಯ ಹಣತೆ
Heart Lamp
Kannada · 2004Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
ಸಫೀರಾ
Safeera
Kannada · 2006Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
ಹಸೀನಾ ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ಕಥೆಗಳು
Haseena and Other Stories
Kannada · 2013Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಹದ್ದಿನ ಸ್ವಯಂವರ
The Female Eagle Chooses Her Groom
Kannada · 2023Short Story Collection / Tales
1 translation
ಬಡವರ ಮಗಳು ಹೆಣ್ಣಲ್ಲ
A Poor Family's Daughter is No Girl
KannadaShort Story Collection / Tales
1 translation