Jhumpa Lahiri

E10499
author essayist novelist person short story writer translator

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Jhumpa Lahiri canonical 67
Jhumpa 1
Jhumpa Lahiri (Italian works) 1

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
translator ⓘ
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 ⓘ
nickname Jhumpa Lahiri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Trust by Domenico Starnone ⓘ
surface form: Trick by Domenico Starnone

Trust by Domenico Starnone ⓘ
writesInLanguage English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Jhumpa Lahiri → nickname → Jhumpa Lahiri self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jhumpa
Asian American literature → notableAuthor → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States → childhoodHomeOf → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston, Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States → associatedWith → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingston, Rhode Island
The Namesake → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri → hasName → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Unaccustomed Earth → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
The Lowland → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Interpreter of Maladies → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Interpreter of Maladies → notableWorkOf → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Interpreter of Maladies → debutWorkOf → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Whereabouts → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Whereabouts → translator → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Asian American Literary Award → notableRecipient → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton University → heldBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Ties by Domenico Starnone → translator → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: Ties
Ties by Domenico Starnone → hasTranslator → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: Ties
Trust by Domenico Starnone → translator → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: Trust
Trust by Domenico Starnone → hasContributor → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: Trust
Trust by Domenico Starnone → translatedWorkOf → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: Trust
In Other Words → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
In Other Words → hasSubject → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Amar Lahiri → child → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Tapati Lahiri → hasChild → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Tapati Lahiri → isMotherOf → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
PEN New England Award → notableRecipient → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Kiran Desai → contemporaryOf → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Indian literature → hasNotableAuthor → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Riverhead Books → publishesAuthor → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Gogol Ganguli → createdBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Ashoke Ganguli → createdBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Gabriele Wilson → collaboratedWith → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Gabriele Wilson → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
subject surface form: "The Namesake"
Ashima Ganguli → createdBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Udayan → createdBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Lannan Literary Award for Fiction → hasNotableRecipient → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
A Choice of Accommodations → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
A Choice of Accommodations → includedInCollectionBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Only Goodness → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Nobody’s Business → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Year’s End → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Going Ashore → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Going Ashore → workOfAuthor → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Part II → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Ruma → creator → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Sudha → createdBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Rahul → createdBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
Hema → createdBy → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ