Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Lahiri

July 11, 1967 · Female
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July 11, 1967(59 years old)

About

Jhumpa Lahiri is an American author of Indian (Bengali) descent known for her fiction exploring the immigrant experience. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her debut short-story collection.

Known for

  • Interpreter of Maladies (1999)
  • The Namesake (2003)
  • Unaccustomed Earth (2008)
  • The Lowland (2013)

Awards

  • Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Trivia & fun facts

  • Her debut work, the story collection 'Interpreter of Maladies', won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000.

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