What is Jhumpa Lahiri's middle name?
Sudheshna
What is Jhumpa Lahiri's full name?
Nilanjana Sudheshna Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri date of birth:
July 11, 1967
How old is Jhumpa Lahiri?
59
Where was Jhumpa Lahiri born?
London, England, United Kingdom
Jhumpa Lahiri body shape:
Average
What color are Jhumpa Lahiri's eyes?
Brown - Light
What color is Jhumpa Lahiri's hair?
Black
Is Jhumpa Lahiri gay or straight?
Straight
What is Jhumpa Lahiri's ethnicity?
Asian/Indian
What is Jhumpa Lahiri nationality?
American
What is Jhumpa Lahiri's occupation?
Writer
What genre is Jhumpa Lahiri's work?
Novel, Short Story Collection, Postcolonial, Novel, Short Story, Postcolonial
Short Biography
Jhumpa Lahiri (Bengali: ঝুম্পা লাহিড়ী; born on July 11, 1967) is an Indian Bengali American author. Lahiri's debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name. She was born Nilanjana Sudeshna but goes by her nickname (or in Bengali, her "Daak naam") Jhumpa. Lahiri is a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama. Her book The Lowland, published in 2013, was a nominee for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction. Lahiri is currently a professor of creative writing at Princeton University.