# Banu Mushtaq

> 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.

*Indian writer and activist (born 1948)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/banu-mushtaq

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1948-04-03
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [বানু মুস্তাক](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95)
- [বানু মুশতাক](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95)
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- [Banu Mushtaq](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banu_Mushtaq)
- [בנו מושתאק](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%95_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%A7)
- [बानू मुश्ताक़](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BC)
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- [ಬಾನು ಮುಷ್ತಾಕ್](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%81_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B7%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D)
- [بانوٗ مُشتاق](https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%97_%D9%85%D9%8F%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%82)
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- [बानू मुश्ताक](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95)
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- [Муштак, Бану](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83)
- [ᱵᱟᱱᱩ ᱢᱩᱥᱛᱟᱠ](https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%A9_%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A0)
- [බානු මුස්ටාක්](https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A)
- [பானு முஷ்டாக்](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D)
- [బాను ముష్తాక్](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D)
- [Бану Муштак](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83_%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Banu_Mushtaq)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15719655)

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