Back to peopleJhumpa LahiriKnown forWritingBiographyLife and careerNilanjana 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.Filmography1 filmsAll1Acting1Crew1The Namesake2006as Jhumpa Mashias Baby SoniaNovel