The Winner of the International Booker Prize Has Been Announced

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The International Booker Prize, known as the most prestigious literary award for translated fiction globally, offers a £50,000 prize shared equally between authors and translators. Originating as the Man Booker International Prize in 2005, the award recognizes outstanding novels and short story collections translated into English and published in the UK or Ireland.

This year, the judges selected “Heart Lamp” by Banu Mushtaq as the top translated work, marking the first time the award has been given to a short story collection. The collection delves into the daily lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India.

For more information about the prize winner, visit the Booker Prize website. You can find an author interview, a reading guide, a reading, and more.

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