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第16回（2025年） Winner
Banu Mushtaq
バヌー・ムシュタク
Banu Mushtaq
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1948-04-03 （Hassan, Mysore State, Dominion of India (now Hassan, Karnataka, India)）
- 国籍
- India
- 言語
- Kannada, Dakhni Urdu, Hindi, English
- 宗教
- Islam
経歴
- 職業
- Writer, Activist, Lawyer
- 活動期間
- 1977年〜
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award | — | — | Karnataka Sahitya Academy | 受賞 |
| — | Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award | — | — | Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award committee | 受賞 |
| 2024 | PEN English Translate Award | Haseena and Other Stories (translated by Deepa Bhasthi) | — | English PEN | 受賞（翻訳賞、翻訳者に対して） |
| 2025 | International Booker Prize | Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (translated by Deepa Bhasthi) | — | The Booker Prizes | 受賞 |
Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award
1999
主催:
Karnataka Sahitya Academy
結果:
受賞
Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award
主催:
Daana Chintamani Attimabbe Award committee
結果:
受賞
PEN English Translate Award
2024
対象作品:
Haseena and Other Stories (translated by Deepa Bhasthi)
主催:
English PEN
結果:
受賞（翻訳賞、翻訳者に対して）
International Booker Prize
2025
対象作品:
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (translated by Deepa Bhasthi)
主催:
The Booker Prizes
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
2025年 Short story collectionA selection of women-centred stories set in Muslim communities in southern India, drawing on the author's experience as a lawyer and journalist to explore everyday life and resistance to social and religious injustice.
Women's rightsReligion and identityCaste and social injusticeResistance and everyday life
翻訳
- English (translated by Deepa Bhasthi)
Haseena and Other Stories (original: Hasīna mattu itara kathegaḷu)
2013年 Short story collectionA collection of short stories about the daily lives and struggles of Muslim women; several stories have been adapted to film and translated into other languages.
Female perspectivesReligion and traditionSocial exclusion
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Hasina / Girish Kasaravalli (2003)
翻訳
- Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, English (partial or full translations)
全著作
- Hasīna mattu itara kathegaḷu (Haseena and Other Stories, 2013)
- Heart Lamp: Selected Stories (translated by Deepa Bhasthi, 2025)
翻案
- Film 'Hasina' (2003) adapted from the story 'Karinaagaragalu', directed by Girish Kasaravalli
作品の翻訳
- Translations into Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and English (2024–2025 for major English translations)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Restrained, observational proseSocial realismDetailed psychological portraits from women's perspectives
- 頻出モチーフ
- Details of everyday lifeResistance to patriarchyConflict with religious and social institutionsConcern with law and justice
健康
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Postpartum depression (mood disorder)30歳前後（作家活動開始の契機となった時期）Prompted her turn to writing and influenced themes in her work; personal experience informed her fiction.
評価・遺産
Banu Mushtaq is a Kannada-language writer known for centring Muslim women's perspectives. She became the first Kannada writer to win the International Booker Prize in 2025 for the English translation of Heart Lamp. Her work elevated the international profile of regional literature and foregrounded women and minority voices.
大衆文化への影響
- Film adaptation 'Hasina' (2003)
- Media attention and celebrations following the 2025 International Booker Prize win
- Political controversy since 2025 related to invitation to Mysore Dasara events
引用
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"Active politicians should have a sense of what to politicise and what not to."
出典: The Hindu (interview) (2025年)
豆知識
- In 2025 she became the first Kannada-language writer to win the International Booker Prize for Heart Lamp.
- Translator Deepa Bhasthi became the first Indian translator to win the prize.
- Heart Lamp was the first short story collection to win the International Booker Prize.
- She previously worked as a reporter for Lankesh Patrike and briefly for All India Radio.
- In 2000 her advocacy for Muslim women's right to enter mosques led to a social boycott and threats, including an attempted stabbing.