Her continued focus on translation studies at Boston led her to study a range of writers one of her “most memorable courses” was studying Kafka with author Elie Wiesel. It ignited a love for the form, laying the foundations for some of Lahiri’s own literary work as well as translations she’s done of the writing of others. Scott Gries/GettyImagesĭuring her time as a graduate student at Boston University, Lahiri took a seminar on translation with Mary Ann McGrail. A translation seminar she took at Boston University changed her life. She then took her studies at Boston to the doctoral level by completing a Ph.D. from Barnard College in English literature, she went on to earn three master’s degrees from Boston University: an M.A. Lahiri has three master’s degrees and a Ph.D.īefore she began her literary career, Lahiri spent a lot of time in academia. In fact, according to USA Today, Lahiri adapted one such interaction from her own childhood into The Namesake: A teacher at school said they found Jhumpa, her “pet name” (usually used exclusively by family and friends and only at home), more comfortable to pronounce than Nilanjana Sudeshna, her “good name” (the Bengali expression for the official name a person uses in the outside world)-so she began to be called Jhumpa publicly as well as privately. Lahiri’s international background has informed her writing, which frequently explores the experiences of immigrants and the interactions between different nationalities and cultures. In more recent years, the author has lived in Rome and New Jersey. The family moved to Rhode Island when Lahiri was 2. Lahiri was born in London on July 11, 1967, to Indian parents who had emigrated there from from Kolkata in West Bengal. Jhumpa Lahiri has an international background that is reflected in her work. Here are seven facts about the acclaimed writer. Since then, she has penned novels (including The Lowland and The Namesake), short stories, poems, works of translation, articles, and essays for which she has received further admiration from critics and readers. Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, otherwise known as Jhumpa Lahiri, first came to prominence with her award-winning 1999 debut, the short story collection Interpreter of Maladies.
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