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Biography
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.
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
