| Name(s) |
JHUMPA LAHIRI
(born Nilanjana Sudeshna) - Nickname:
Jhumpa |
| Date of
Birth |
July 11, 1967 |
|
Identity |
Indian American
author |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- She is a member of the
President's Committee on the Arts
and Humanities, appointed by U.S.
President Barack Obama.
- She has been selected
for the award for enlarging the
human story. "In her works of
fiction, Lahiri has illuminated the
Indian-American experience in
beautifully wrought narratives of
estrangement and belonging," the
White House said in a statement.
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Awards & Accolades |
- Her debut short story
collection, Interpreter of
Maladies (1999), won the
2000 Pulitzer Prize
on April 10, 2000
for Fiction.
- Her first novel, The
Namesake (2003), was
adapted into the popular
film of the same name.
- Her book The Lowland,
published in 2013, was a
nominee for the Man Booker Prize
and the National Book Award for
Fiction.
- 2014 National Humanities
Medal which was presented
to her by US President Barack Obama
on September 10, 2015.
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