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About Jhumpa Lahiri
British-American author
Jhumpa Lahiri is a British-American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays. She writes in English and, more recently, in Italian. Her work spans fiction and nonfiction, and she is especially associated with concise, carefully observed prose. Alongside her English-language writing, she has also published in Italian, broadening the language of her literary work.
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- “I wish more Italian literature were translated and read in English. I've discovered so many extraordinary and…”Jhumpa Lahiri
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- “I'm a first generation American. My mother is Italian and Russian and a lot of other things, and my father is…”Sebastian Arcelus
- “People who have not done their research on me do not know that I am European, born in Copenhagen, Denmark to…”Giancarlo Esposito
Language: more sayings
- “The language of academic discourse, which is crucial to academic progress beyond grade 3 is learned by all ch…”L. W. Fillmore
- “...that it is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in…”Brian Friel
- “I'm not trying to be a poet on Twitter; I'm trying to be aware of the fact that a very simple sentence, well…”Teju Cole
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Books by Jhumpa Lahiri
Interpreter of Maladies
2000
El Buen Nombre (Lingua Franca)
2005
The Lowland
2014
Unaccustomed Earth
2008
Dove mi trovo
2021