Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize Winner

Women and Adversity: Jhumpa Lahiri

Pulitzer Prize Winner

Those of us born in the U.S. are used to simple nicknames like Suzie, Janie, Tommy and Bobby. Nilanjana Sudheshna Lahiri’s nickname is Jhumpa, and she is known as Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, pronounced JHOOM-paah L-hee-ree. She writes about the Eastern Indian and the American experiences. Turmoil and the feeling of not belonging are themes that dominate her works.

Ms. Lahiri was born in London in 1967 of Bengali parents, who immigrated from Calcutta, India to the UK. When she was three, her father, a university librarian, took a job in the U.S. The family settled in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

Ms. Lahiri attend Barnard College and majored in English literature. She went on to Boston University and earned three master’s degrees and a doctorate in Renaissance studies.

Her first book, “Interpreter of Maladies,” a collection of nine stories, earned the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. She has received acclaim for her debut novel “The Namesake,” the short story collection “Unaccustomed Earth,” and the novel “The Lowland.”

In 2001 Ms. Lahiri married Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, a journalist of Guatemalan descent. They have two children. The family had an opportunity to live in Italy for a time but have moved back to America.

 

More information about Jhumpa Lahiri:

http://www.biography.com/people/jhumpa-lahiri-21465687

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/jun/21/saturdayreviewsfeatres.guardianreview5

https://prezi.com/qtalfq_fbhzs/jhumpa-lampiri

https://www.ft.com/content/3b188aec-f8bf-11e4-be00-00144feab7de

Article By: Jo Ann Mathews

I published three ebooks in 2020: Women and Adversity, Honoring 23 Black Women; Women and Adversity, Recognizing 23 Notable Mothers; and Women and Adversity, Saluting 23 Faithful Suffragists to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. These books are meant to be study guides for all students from grade school through college to help in choosing topics for assignments and to learn more about these noteworthy women. Go to amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and goodreads.com to learn more.

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