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Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian. Her debut collection of short-stories, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award , and her first novel, The Namesake ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Jhumpa Lahiri is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author known for works of fiction like 'Interpreter of Maladies,' 'The Namesake,' 'Unaccustomed Earth' and 'The Lowland.'
Jun 7, 2024 · Jhumpa Lahiri, English-born American novelist and short-story writer whose works illuminate the immigrant experience, in particular that of East Indians. Her notable books included the short-story collection Interpreter of Maladies and the novels The Namesake and The Lowland.
Apr 29, 2021 · Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel — which she wrote in Italian, then translated back to English herself — centers on a middle-aged Italian woman trying to figure out her place in the world.
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri was born in London and brought up in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Brought up in America by a mother who wanted to raise her children to be Indian, she learned about her Bengali heritage from an early age.
The daughter of a librarian, Lahiri loved reading and writing at an early age. But she made it through college and four graduate programs before compiling the short story collection that became...
May 18, 2022 · The writer Jhumpa Lahiri is known for her stories about the immigrant experience, books like "Interpreter Of Maladies" and "The Namesake," rich fictional stories from and of two...
Apr 12, 1998 · Jhumpa Lahiri won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for “Interpreter of Maladies.” Her most recent collection of short stories, “Roman Stories,” is due out in October.
Lahiri was thirty-two when she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her debut collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), and she remains the youngest writer to have received the award.
The official site for Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Unaccustomed Earth, The Namesake, and Interpreter of Maladies. See reviews, bio, and more. Unaccustomed Earth is a new collection of short stories.
