Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Lahiri surprised the literary world in 2000 when she won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her very first full-length effort, a collection of short stories titled Interpreter of Maladies. The eloquent language, mature observations, and delicate insights belied her newcomer status. She published her first novel, Namesake, in 2003 to rave reviews. Her next effort, Unaccustomed Earth, a collection of short stories, netted the author several awards. In 2013 Lahiri debuted her second novel, The Lowlands, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and Man Booker Prize. - Newsmakers June 1, 2001 (Gale Biography in Context)