Deepa Bhasthi

Deepa Bhasthi is a writer and International Booker Prize–winning literary translator. Her fiction, essays, columns, and journalism have been published extensively in Indian and international publications, anthologies, and visual art book projects. She is the author of a children’s book titled Champi and the Fig Tree which has been translated into thirteen languages. Deepa’s published book-length translations from Kannada include works by Kota Shivarama Karanth, Kodagina Gouramma, and Banu Mushtaq. She was a National Book Critics Circle Awards finalist, and is a recipient of grants and awards from EnglishPEN, SALT Chicago, and several other organizations. She lives and works in Kodagu, in southern India. (updated 10/2026)