Jhumpa Lahiri

American author of Indian origin · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1967 · age 59

Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English and, more recently, in Italian.

Jhumpa Lahiri is read about 545 times a day, in 62 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2018“Surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure place, a person, a situation, in all its specificity and dimensions.”In their wordsquoted in Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers by Phaidon (2018) with citationRead the whole statement

2016“yet I know that expressing oneself necessarily means being different. The writer's voice is a singular one, solitary.”In their wordsThe Clothing of Books (2016)Read the whole statement

“Books come to stand for various episodes in our lives, for certain idealisms, follies of belief, moments of love.”In their wordsThe Clothing of Books (2016)Read the whole statement

2015Viareggio-Versilia International PrizeAward2014National Humanities MedalAward2010Great Immigrants AwardAward2009Asian American Literary AwardsAwardAsian/Pacific American Awards for LiteratureAward2003“My grandfather always says that's what books are for," Ashoke said, using the opportunity to open the volume in his hands. “To travel without moving an inch.”In their wordsThe Namesake, (2003) p. 16.Read the whole statement