Jhumpa Lahiri

1967–

British-American writer born in London to Bengali immigrant parents and brought up in Rhode Island. She studied English literature at Barnard College and took several graduate degrees, including a doctorate, at Boston University. Her first book, the story collection Interpreter of Maladies (1999), won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was followed by the novel The Namesake and the collection Unaccustomed Earth. After moving to Rome in 2012 she began writing in Italian, including the novel Dove mi trovo, published in English as Whereabouts. The Lowland (2013), about two brothers from Calcutta, was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.

Timeline of Jhumpa Lahiri’s life

Works

• The Lowland (2013)

Prizes

• The Lowland — The Booker Prize 2013: Shortlist, Longlist