Jhumpa Lahiri (born Nilanjana Sudeshna) won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for her collection of short stories, The Interpreter of Maladies.
Interpreter of Maladies was written by Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri.
In 2000, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to Jhumpa Lahiri for her debut short story collection, "Interpreter of Maladies." This collection explored themes of identity, culture, and relationships among South Asian immigrants and their families in the United States.
Jhumpa Lahiri, the first Indian woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize, was awarded the 2000 Prize in Fiction for her collection of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies,(Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin). Lahiri was also the recipient of an O.Henry Prize and was included in the anthology, Best of Short Fiction for 1999 for the story "A Temporary Matter."
Yes, some notable female winners of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction include Margaret Mitchell for "Gone with the Wind," Harper Lee for "To Kill a Mockingbird," and Jhumpa Lahiri for "Interpreter of Maladies."
The Pulitzer Prize(s) was first awarded in 1917. Contrary to popular belief, there is more than one Pulitzer given each year. Prizes are awarded for a number of subcategories under both Journalism and Letters, Drama and Music.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-American writer, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for his book "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer."
Maxine Kumin won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry with her collection Up Country.
Gwendolyn Brooks won a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection, Annie Allen, in 1950.
Yes, Gwendolyn Brooks won a Pulitzer Prize for her book of poems, Annie Allen, in 1950.
Gwendolyn Brooks was awarded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection, Annie Allen.
Gwendolyn Brooks was 33 years old when she won the 1950 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection, Annie Allen.
Rita Dove wrote Mother Love Poems, but it wasn't her Pulitzer Prize winning collection; Dove won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Thomas and Beulah.