Jhumpa Lahiri was born July 11, 1967 in London, England, but from the age of three, lived in Rhode Island in the United States. Lahiri grew up a more introverted child, turning to books and writing in elementary school as an outlet. She felt like an outsider in the United States because of her strong Indian roots, and the way her immigrant parents had raised her on those values. When Lahiri went on to become a writer years after college, this would become a strong influence in her works.
Jhumpa Lahiri attended Barnard University in order to achieve her Bachelor’s degree in English literature. She went on to Master’s in English, Creative Writing, and Comparative Studies in Literature and the Arts, as well as her PhD in Renaissance studies, all from Boston University.
Lahiri began to focus on a career as a writer in the later 1990s, focusing on writing her first collection of short stories that would publish in 1999, entitled Interpreter of Maladies. This collection would win her the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2000, launching the author’s name into recognition, and paving her path for future success in writing.
** Lahiri has no website and no active Twitter page that I have been able to find**
“Jhumpa Lahiri.” Newsmakers, Gale, 2001. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618003187/BIC?u=kutztownuniv&sid=BIC&xid=a0edf5e1. Accessed 10 Mar. 2020.
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