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title: "Who is the writer of the Interpreter of Maladies ?"  
description: "Who is the writer of the Interpreter of Maladies ?"  
author: "Jyoti Ajgaonkar"  
published: 2018-08-27  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48541/who-is-the-writer-of-the-interpreter-of-maladies  
category: "books & novels"  
tags: ["books and literature"]  
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# Who is the writer of the Interpreter of Maladies ?

Who is the writer of the [Interpreter of Maladies](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48536/when-was-the-interpreter-of-maladies-written) ?\
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## Answers

### Answer by Harshal Vispute

**Jhumpa Lahiri's The Interpreter of Maladies** \
The stories in this amazing debut book, which travel from **[India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94188/who-was-the-first-chief-justice-of-free-india)**to **[New England](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47441/which-was-the-first-ever-cycling-club-of-england)**and back again, unerringly follow the emotional journeys of characters seeking love across national and generational divides. They speak to everyone who has ever felt like a **foreigner**, and they are imbued with the sensory subtleties of **[Indian culture](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94188/who-was-the-first-chief-justice-of-free-india).** \
**Jhumpa Lahiri,** like the interpreter in the title story, which has been nominated for both the **O. Henry Award** and **The Best American Short Stories**, bridges the gap between her ancestors' rigorous customs and the perplexing New World. \
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**Houghton Mifflin** publishes **Jhumpa Lahiri's first book**, **Interpreter of Maladies**, a collection of stories, in the spring of **1999**. Lahiri was born in **London, England, in 1967** and grew up in **Rhode Island**. She's visited **[India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94188/who-was-the-first-chief-justice-of-free-india)** on multiple occasions, where both of her parents were born and reared, and where several of the stories in Interpreter of Maladies are set.\
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She is currently based in **[New York City](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/72392/why-to-go-for-seo-services-in-new-york)** and working on a novel.


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