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In Pics: Who Is Banu Mushtaq, Kannada Writer Who Won The International Booker Prize
- Friday May 23, 2025
- India News | Edited by Ejaz Ul Haq Bhat
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.
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'Emotional Explosions, Turmoil Are Universal': International Booker Winner
- Thursday May 22, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Journalist, lawyer, author and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose "Heart Lamp" won the International Booker Prize, said her stories of Muslim women from traditional south Indian families had resonated with the global audience.
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Who Is Banu Mushtaq, Kannada Writer Who Won The International Booker Prize
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- India News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
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.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kannada Writer Banu Mushtaq Wins International Booker Prize For 'Heart Lamp'
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection 'Heart Lamp' on Tuesday night became the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.
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UK Writer Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker For 136-Page Novel "Orbital"
- Wednesday November 13, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Samantha Harvey's "Orbital" is the second-shortest novel to win the award and the first to be set in space.
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Booker Prize Fiction Shortlist Features Largest Number Of Women This Time
- Tuesday September 17, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Booker Prize for fiction shortlist for 2024, announced on Monday, featured the largest-ever number of women authors in its 55-year history as well as its first Dutch author.
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Meet Irish Author Paul Lynch, Winner Of Booker Prize For 'Prophet Song'
- Monday November 27, 2023
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Prophet Song beat five other finalists, chosen from 163 novels submitted by publishers.
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Irish Writer Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize For 'Prophet Song'
- Monday November 27, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Irish writer Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize on Sunday for his novel 'Prophet Song', the story of a family and a country on the brink of catastrophe as an imaginary Irish government veers towards tyranny.
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Award-Winning UK Author AS Byatt Dies At 87
- Friday November 17, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Acclaimed British author AS Byatt, who won the 1990 Booker Prize for her best-selling romance novel "Possession", has died at the age of 87, her publisher announced on Friday.
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"Time Shelter": Bulgarian Writer Georgi Gospodinov Wins International Booker Prize
- Wednesday May 24, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named Tuesday winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel "Time Shelter" -- a first for a book in Bulgarian.
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Shashi Tharoor Calls For Nobel For This "Greatest" India-Born Writer
- Tuesday May 2, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
In his effusive praise for Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, politician and author Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asserted that the "overdue" Nobel Prize should not be withheld any longer from the "greatest living Indian writer."
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Tamil Writer Perumal Murugan Makes It To International Booker Longlist 2023
- Tuesday March 14, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Tamil writer Perumal Murugan has been selected for the International Booker prize longlist for 2023, the Booker Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday.
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"Hindi Is My Comfort Language": International Booker Winner Geetanjali Shree
- Friday November 4, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi author to win the International Booker Prize, said Hindi is her comfort language and it is through this language that "I want to express myself better."
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Sri Lankan Author Shehan Karunatilaka Wins 2022 Booker Prize
- Tuesday October 18, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain's Booker Prize for fiction for his work "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida", about a journalist murdered amid the country's sectarian strife.
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Booker Winner's Agra Event Cancelled Over Alleged Remark On Deities
- Saturday July 30, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
An event to honour International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree in Agra on Saturday was called off by the organisers after a complaint was filed against the author alleging there are some objectionable comments about Indian deities in her novel
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www.ndtv.com
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In Pics: Who Is Banu Mushtaq, Kannada Writer Who Won The International Booker Prize
- Friday May 23, 2025
- India News | Edited by Ejaz Ul Haq Bhat
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.
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www.ndtv.com
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'Emotional Explosions, Turmoil Are Universal': International Booker Winner
- Thursday May 22, 2025
- India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal
Journalist, lawyer, author and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose "Heart Lamp" won the International Booker Prize, said her stories of Muslim women from traditional south Indian families had resonated with the global audience.
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www.ndtv.com
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Who Is Banu Mushtaq, Kannada Writer Who Won The International Booker Prize
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- India News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
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.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kannada Writer Banu Mushtaq Wins International Booker Prize For 'Heart Lamp'
- Wednesday May 21, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection 'Heart Lamp' on Tuesday night became the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.
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www.ndtv.com
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UK Writer Samantha Harvey Wins 2024 Booker For 136-Page Novel "Orbital"
- Wednesday November 13, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Samantha Harvey's "Orbital" is the second-shortest novel to win the award and the first to be set in space.
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www.ndtv.com
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Booker Prize Fiction Shortlist Features Largest Number Of Women This Time
- Tuesday September 17, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The Booker Prize for fiction shortlist for 2024, announced on Monday, featured the largest-ever number of women authors in its 55-year history as well as its first Dutch author.
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www.ndtv.com
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Meet Irish Author Paul Lynch, Winner Of Booker Prize For 'Prophet Song'
- Monday November 27, 2023
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Prophet Song beat five other finalists, chosen from 163 novels submitted by publishers.
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www.ndtv.com
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Irish Writer Paul Lynch Wins Booker Prize For 'Prophet Song'
- Monday November 27, 2023
- World News | Reuters
Irish writer Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize on Sunday for his novel 'Prophet Song', the story of a family and a country on the brink of catastrophe as an imaginary Irish government veers towards tyranny.
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www.ndtv.com
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Award-Winning UK Author AS Byatt Dies At 87
- Friday November 17, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Acclaimed British author AS Byatt, who won the 1990 Booker Prize for her best-selling romance novel "Possession", has died at the age of 87, her publisher announced on Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Time Shelter": Bulgarian Writer Georgi Gospodinov Wins International Booker Prize
- Wednesday May 24, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named Tuesday winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel "Time Shelter" -- a first for a book in Bulgarian.
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www.ndtv.com
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Shashi Tharoor Calls For Nobel For This "Greatest" India-Born Writer
- Tuesday May 2, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
In his effusive praise for Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, politician and author Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asserted that the "overdue" Nobel Prize should not be withheld any longer from the "greatest living Indian writer."
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Writer Perumal Murugan Makes It To International Booker Longlist 2023
- Tuesday March 14, 2023
- India News | Press Trust of India
Tamil writer Perumal Murugan has been selected for the International Booker prize longlist for 2023, the Booker Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday.
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www.ndtv.com
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"Hindi Is My Comfort Language": International Booker Winner Geetanjali Shree
- Friday November 4, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi author to win the International Booker Prize, said Hindi is her comfort language and it is through this language that "I want to express myself better."
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www.ndtv.com
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Sri Lankan Author Shehan Karunatilaka Wins 2022 Booker Prize
- Tuesday October 18, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain's Booker Prize for fiction for his work "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida", about a journalist murdered amid the country's sectarian strife.
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www.ndtv.com
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Booker Winner's Agra Event Cancelled Over Alleged Remark On Deities
- Saturday July 30, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
An event to honour International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree in Agra on Saturday was called off by the organisers after a complaint was filed against the author alleging there are some objectionable comments about Indian deities in her novel
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www.ndtv.com