Jhumpa Lahiri
Also known as Jūmpā Lāhīrī, Nilanjana Svadeshna Lahiri, Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, Jhumba Lahiri
American author of Indian origin (born 1967)
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Jhumpa Lahiri is an American author born in 1967 to Indian parents who writes fiction exploring the experiences of Indian and Indian-American characters navigating between two cultures. Her work matters because it has brought nuanced, widely acclaimed narratives about immigrant and diasporic life to mainstream American literature, earning her major literary recognition and awards.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1967
- Works
- 42
Top works
- Parshan ha-maḥalot
- Selected Shorts
- The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2005
- Roman Stories
- The Namesake
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays. Her short story collection "Interpreter of Maladies" (1999) earned the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Known for
- The Namesake — Baby Sonia2006
- The Namesake — Jhumpa Mashi2006
- MTVU Stand In2005
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Country
- IN
- Active from
- 1952-11-27
Article
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri ( Bengali pronunciation: [d͡ʒʱumpa laːɦiɽi]; 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 (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name.
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1967 births20th-century American short story writers20th-century American women writers20th-century British short story writers20th-century British women novelists21st-century American essayists21st-century American novelists21st-century American short story writers21st-century American women novelists21st-century Bengali people21st-century British essayists