International Booker Indian authors and women’s rights fighters

International Booker This year, Indian authors and women’s rights are 77-year-old Bano Muštak and a translator Dipi basti For a collection of short stories Heart Lamp. The prestigious international literary award was first received by a collection of short stories.

The winners will share a cash prize of £ 50,000 (about € 59,000).

The collection was originally written in the language of Kannada, which is spoken by about 65 million in the Karnatak Indian state in the southwest of the country. It comprises 12 stories initially published between 1990 and 2023, describing the daily lives of women and girls in patriarchal Muslim communities in the south of India.

According to the author, she was inspired by the people who turned to her for help. « The pain, suffering, suffering and helpless life of these women have triggered a deep emotional response in me and forced me to write. » Due to the advocacy of the rights of Muslim women to enter the mosque, a three -month social boycott was announced in 2000 and her family. She began writing in the 1970s, Heart Lamp It is the first book translation of her works into English.

Bano Mušak is another author from India to receive an international booker. Last year, as the first from Germany, was received by a writer Jenny Erpenbeck together with a translator Michael Hofmann.

The award ceremony was held on Tuesday night at the Tate Modern London Gallery. The president of the jury Max Porter He said that the book is « something really new to English readers: a radical translation of beautiful, lively and life stories. »

The international booker is considered one of the most respected literary awards in the English Space Space. Each year, it is awarded for a novel or a collection of short stories, originally written in any language translated into English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland.