News: Recently, the International Booker Prize 2025 was awarded to “Heart Lamp” written by Banu Mushtaq and translated by Deepa Bhasthi. International Booker Prize 2025.
About International Booker Prize
- The International Booker Prize is a prestigious literary award that recognizes the best translated work of fiction from around the world.
- It was established in 2005.
- It was formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize.
- Aim: The prize aims to encourage more publishing and reading of quality fiction from all over the globe, and to promote the work of translators who bring these stories to an English-speaking audience.
- Eligibility and Selection: Books eligible for the International Booker Prize must be translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.
- Equal Sharing of Prize Money– The award comes with 50,000 pounds (USD 64,000), shared equally between the author and the translator.
About International Booker Prize, 2025
- Banu Mushtaq, an Indian writer, lawyer, and activist, has become the first author writing in Kannada to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for her short story collection “Heart Lamp”.
- “Heart Lamp” is a portrayal of the struggles faced by Muslim women in southern India.
- The anthology is also the first-ever short story collection to win the honour.
