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Jhumpa Lahiri to receive St. Louis Literary Award
Lahiri will come to St. Louis in April 2026 to accept the award.
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Bhavana P - Fri, 18, Apr 2025
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Jhumpa Lahiri. / Photo by Laura Sciacovelli/ Saint Louis University
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri will receive the 2026 St. Louis Literary Award, presented by Saint Louis University.
Lahiri, currently the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and director of Creative Writing at Barnard College, Columbia University, will visit St. Louis in April 2026 to accept the honor, which recognizes distinguished writers whose work deepens our understanding of the human condition.
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“Lahiri’s essays, translated works, and fiction reveal a writer who adeptly explores identity, cultural dislocation, and the immigrant experience. Lahiri also knows how to flat-out tell a great story that keeps the reader turning the pages and leaves an indelible impression long after the story ends,” said Edward Ibur, executive director of the St. Louis Literary Award.
Lahiri is renowned for her debut short story collection Interpreter of Maladies, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000. Her acclaimed works include The Namesake, The Lowland, Unaccustomed Earth, and the nonfiction titles The Clothing of Books and Translating Myself and Others. Her stories are widely celebrated for their emotional insight and literary elegance.
Lahiri has received numerous accolades, including the National Humanities Medal, PEN/Hemingway Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2019, she was named a Commander of the Italian Republic.
Born to Indian parents in London and raised in Rhode Island, Lahiri earned a Ph.D. in Renaissance Studies from Boston University.
The St. Louis Literary Award, established by Saint Louis University, has honored literary icons such as Chinua Achebe, Joan Didion, Salman Rushdie, and Margaret Atwood.
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