The modern short story in a regional language and the function of translations
In 2022, Hindi writer Geetanjali Shree’s novel Tomb of Sand won the International Booker Prize. And last week, Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp, translated from the original Kannada by Deepa Bhasthi, won the prestigious prize. It is the first short story collection to do so. Recently, there have been several conversations about the modern short story tradition in a regional […]
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