Lahiri
Lahiri is an Indian surname belonging to Bengali Brahmins. Notable people with this surname include: * Anirban Lahiri (born 1987), Indian golfer * Anya Lahiri (born 1982), British model * Bappi Lahiri (1952-2022), Indian music director * Dulal Lahiri (born 1947), Bengali actor * Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967), Indian-American author * Rajendra Lahiri (1901–1927), Bengali revolutionary * Samik Lahiri (born 1967), Indian politician * Shanu Lahiri (1928–2013), Bengali painter * Shyama Charan Lahiri (1828–1895), Indian yogi, better known as Lahiri Mahasaya {{surname Indian surnames Bengali Hindu surnames ...
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Jhumpa Lahiri
Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" LahiriMinzesheimer, Bob ''USA Today'', August 19, 2003. Retrieved on 2008-04-13. (born July 11, 1967) is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian. Her debut collection of short-stories ''Interpreter of Maladies'' (1999) won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award, and her first novel, '' The Namesake'' (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name. ''The Namesake'' was a New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and was made into a major motion picture. ''Unaccustomed Earth'' (2008) won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, while her second novel, '' The Lowland'' (2013), was a finalist for both the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction. On January 22, 2015, Lahiri won the US$50,000 DSC Prize for Literature for ''The Lowland'' In these works, Lahiri explored the Indian-immigrant experie ...
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