Jhumpa Lahiri

Writing

Gender: Female

Popularity: 0.3

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 & Nominations10 won · 1 nominated

🏆 Won

Viareggio-Versilia International Prize

2015

🏆 Won

National Humanities Medal

2014

Nominated

Booker Prize

The Lowland

2013

🏆 Won

Great Immigrants Award

2010

🏆 Won

Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature

2009

🏆 Won

Asian American Literary Awards

2009

🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

2002

🏆 Won

Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award

2000

🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

2000

🏆 Won

O. Henry Award

1999

🏆 Won

John Florio Prize

Acting1 title

6.8

Movie

The Namesake

2006Drama

Writing2 titles

7.6

Series

In Treatment

2008-2021Drama

6.8

Movie

The Namesake

2006Drama