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Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri (born July 11, 1967) is an American author known for her short stories, novels and essays. Her short story collection "Interpreter of Maladies" (1999) earned the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
2006-09-02
The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite hi