Jhumpa Lahiri

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Jhumpa Lahiri is a Pulitzer Prize–winning author known for her nuanced portrayals of the Indian-American immigrant experience and themes of identity, displacement, and cultural conflict.

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short story writer
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almaMater Barnard College
Boston University
awardReceived Asian American Literary Award
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award
National Humanities Medal
PEN/Hemingway Award
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
birthName Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri
citizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1967-07-11
degree BA in English literature
MA in English
MA in comparative literature
MFA in creative writing
PhD in Renaissance studies
employer Princeton University
ethnicOrigin Indian
familyOrigin Bengali
fieldOfWork fiction
literature
short stories
translation
genre literary fiction
novel
short story
givenName Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri
surface form: Nilanjana
grewUpIn Kingston, Rhode Island, United States
hasChild daughter
son
hasPublication In Other Words
Interpreter of Maladies
The Lowland
The Namesake
Unaccustomed Earth
Whereabouts
influencedBy American culture
Bengali culture
Indians
surface form: Indian diaspora
languageOfWorkOrName English
Italian
movement contemporary literature
nationality American
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surface form: Jhumpa
notableAchievement won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Interpreter of Maladies
notableTheme Indian-American immigrant experience
assimilation
cultural conflict
displacement
family relationships
identity
notableWork In Other Words
Interpreter of Maladies
The Lowland
The Namesake
Unaccustomed Earth
Whereabouts
occupation professor
translator
writer
parent Amar Lahiri
Tapati Lahiri
placeOfBirth London, England
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
positionHeld Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University
residence Rome
surface form: Rome, Italy
spouse Alberto Vourvoulias
subjectOf critical studies in postcolonial literature
translatedWork Ties by Domenico Starnone
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Trust by Domenico Starnone
writesInLanguage English
Italian

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subject surface form: Kingston, Rhode Island
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subject surface form: Kingston, Rhode Island
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