Jhumpa Lahiri
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July 11, 1967
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Jhumpa Lahiri Bio
Jhumpa Lahiri is an author born on 11th July 1967 in London, England. She is widely recognized for her novels, essays, and short stories, which are available in English and Italian languages. Her first short story collection, “Interpreter of Maladies,” was published in 1999. The stories won the PEN/Hemingway Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her debut novel “The Namesake,” was published in 2003. The novel was named The New York Times’ Notable Book and was a finalist in the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
In 2008, she published a short stories collection, “Unaccustomed Earth,” which won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. In 2012, she published her second novel “The Lowland,” which was a finalist for two awards: The National Book Award for Fiction and the Moon Prize. In 2011, she relocated to Rome, Italy, and she has so far published two books of essays from there. In 2018, her first novel in the Italian language, “Dove mi trovi,” was published.
