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Jhumpa Lahiri
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is an American author known for short stories, novels and essays in English and more recently in Italian. Her debut short story episode Interpreter of Maladies won the Pulitzer Prize for her fiction and the PEN / Hemingway award, and her debut novel, The Namesake, was adapted into the popular film of the same name. Her second volume of stories, Unfamiliar Earth, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, while her second novel, The Lowland, reached the final round for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book of Fiction. In this work, Lahiri explored the experience of the Indians immigrating to the United States. In 2011, Lahiri moved to Rome, Italy and has since published two essay books, and in 2018 published his first Italian novel, Dove mi trovo, and compiled and edited. and translated the Penguin Book of Italian Short Story containing 40 Italian short stories written by 40 different Italian writers.
BornNilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, July 11, 1967, London, England, UK
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBarnard College (BA), Boston University (double MA, MFA, PhD)
GenreNovel, short story, postcolonial
Notable worksInterpreter of Maladies (1999), The Namesake (2003), Unaccustomed Earth (2008), The Lowland (2013)
Notable awards1999 O. Henry Award, 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

About Jhumpa Lahiri

Novelist Jhumpa Lahiri was born in London, England on July 11, 1967. She's 56 years old today.

Interpreter of Maladies, her debut collection of short stories, won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2000. Her debut novel, The Namesake, was turned into a critically acclaimed film starring Movie Actor Kal Penn and Movie Actor Irrfan Khan in 2007.

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Jhumpa Lahiri before becoming famous

Jhumpa Lahiri was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1967 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She graduated from Boston University with a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. She received the renowned O. Henry Award early in her literary career.

Achievement of Jhumpa Lahiri

Unaccustomed Earth, her second collection of short stories, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list.

Jhumpa Lahiri's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

She was born in London to Indian immigrant parents and grew up in the United States. In 2001, she married Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, with whom she has a daughter, Noor, and a son, Octavio.

Jhumpa Lahiri on Social Media

Jhumpa Lahiri on Facebook: @JhumpaLahiriAuthor.

Jhumpa Lahiri Collabed with

US President Barack Obama appointed her to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

Jhumpa Lahiri Income & Net worth

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Jhumpa Lahiri Height and Weight

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Latest information about Jhumpa Lahiri updated on March 15 2023.