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Jhumpa Lahiri ((ベンガル語:ঝুম্পা লাহিড়ী); born on July 11, 1967) is an Indian Bengali American author. Lahiri's debut short story collection, ''Interpreter of Maladies'' (1999), won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, ''The Namesake'' (2003), was adapted into the popular film of the same name.〔Chotiner, Isaac. ("Interviews: Jhumpa Lahiri" ), The Atlantic, 2008-03-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-12.〕 She was born Nilanjana Sudeshna but goes by her nickname (or in Bengali, her "Daak naam") Jhumpa.〔Minzesheimer, Bob. ("For Pulitzer winner Lahiri, a novel approach" ), USA Today, 2003-08-19. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.〕 Lahiri is a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama.〔 Her book ''The Lowland'', published in 2013, was a nominee for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Award for Fiction. Lahiri is currently a professor of creative writing at Princeton University. ==Biography== Lahiri was born in London, the daughter of Indian immigrants from the state of West Bengal. Her family moved to the United States when she was two; Lahiri considers herself an American, stating, ''"I wasn't born here, but I might as well have been."''〔 Lahiri grew up in Kingston, Rhode Island, where her father Amar Lahiri works as a librarian at the University of Rhode Island;〔 he is the basis for the protagonist in "The Third and Final Continent," the closing story from ''Interpreter of Maladies''.〔Flynn, Gillian. ("Passage To India: First-time author Jhumpa Lahiri nabs a Pulitzer" ), Entertainment Weekly, 2000-04-28. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.〕 Lahiri's mother wanted her children to grow up knowing their Bengali heritage, and her family often visited relatives in Calcutta (now Kolkata).〔Aguiar, Arun. ("One on One With Jhumpa Lahiri" ), Pifmagazine.com, 1999-07-28. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.〕 When she began kindergarten in Kingston, Rhode Island, Lahiri's teacher decided to call her by her pet name, Jhumpa, because it was easier to pronounce than her "proper name".〔 Lahiri recalled, ''"I always felt so embarrassed by my name.... You feel like you're causing someone pain just by being who you are."''〔Anastas, Benjamin. ("Books: Inspiring Adaptation" ), Men's Vogue, March 2007. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.〕 Lahiri's ambivalence over her identity was the inspiration for the ambivalence of Gogol, the protagonist of her novel ''The Namesake,'' over his unusual name.〔 Lahiri graduated from South Kingstown High School and received her B.A. in English literature from Barnard College in 1989.〔("Pulitzer Prize awarded to Barnard alumna Jhumpa Lahiri ’89; Katherine Boo ’88 cited in public service award to The Washington Post" ), Barnard Campus News, 2000-04-11. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.〕 Lahiri then received multiple degrees from Boston University: an M.A. in English, M.F.A. in Creative Writing, M.A. in Comparative Literature, and a Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies. She took a fellowship at Provincetown's Fine Arts Work Center, which lasted for the next two years (1997–1998). Lahiri has taught creative writing at Boston University and the Rhode Island School of Design. In 2001, Lahiri married Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, a journalist who was then Deputy Editor of ''TIME'' Latin America, and who is now Senior Editor of ''TIME'' Latin America. Lahiri lives in Rome, Italy〔Spinks, John. ("A Writer's Room" ), T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 25 August 2013.〕 with her husband and their two children, Octavio (b. 2002) and Noor (b. 2005).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jhumpa Lahiri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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