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Biography
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian.
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Awards & recognition
- Viareggio-Versilia International Prize · 2015
- National Humanities Medal · 2014
- Great Immigrants Award · 2010
- Asian American Literary Awards · 2009
- Asian/Pacific American Awards — Literature · 2009
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- Guggenheim Fellowship · 2002
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award · 2000
- Pulitzer Prize — Fiction · 2000
- O. Henry Award · 1999
- John Florio Prize
- Booker Prize · 2013 · nominated
