Banu Mushtaq

About

Banu Mushtaq is an Indian writer, lawyer and activist born in 1948 in Hassan, Karnataka. Over three decades she wrote short stories portraying women who resist patriarchy, religious pressure and corruption in their own quiet, everyday ways. Her story collection appeared in German translation as „Meistens bleibt ja die Frau zu Hause".

Upcoming · 2

Mon 21.9. 19:30 Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart 14 €

Meistens bleibt ja die Frau zu Hause - Banu Mushtaq

A reading and conversation with Indian writer Banu Mushtaq about women who resist in everyday life. Her award-winning story collection, presented in German and English.

lecture

Wed 23.9. 19:30 Polittbüro, Hamburg 29.95 €

"Meistens bleibt ja die Frau zuhause"

An evening with Banu Mushtaq, winner of the International Booker Prize 2025, whose short story collection about women in India is now published in German for the first time, translated directly from Kannada.

lecture

Where they play · 2

Literaturhaus Stuttgart Polittbüro

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