Jhumpa Lahiri

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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.

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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 ⓘ

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Interpreter of Maladies → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
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The Namesake → author → Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ
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