# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deepa-bhasthi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:39:46.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deepa-bhasthi"
name: "Deepa Bhasthi"
slug: "deepa-bhasthi"
description: "Deepa Bhasthi is an Indian writer, literary translator and journalist from the southern state of Karnataka. She gained international recognition for her translation of the short story collection Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, for which, in 2025, she became the first translator from India to win the International Booker Prize. She is also the first translator of colour to win the International Booker Prize."
tagline: "Indian writer and translator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deepa_Bhasthi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.752881333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump