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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Thrity Umrigar

Role
  
Journalist


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Occupation
  
Journalist, novelist, critic, teacher

Alma mater
  
Bombay University, Ohio State University, Kent State University

Education
  
University of Mumbai, Kent State University, Ohio State University

Books
  
The Space Between Us, The World We Found: A Novel, If Today Be Sweet, Bombay Time, First Darling of the Morni

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Thrity Umrigar is an Indian-American journalist, critic, and novelist.

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Early life

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Umrigar was born in Mumbai, India to a Parsi family, and relocated to the United States at the age of 21.

Career

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Umrigar received a Bachelor of Science from Bombay University, an M.A. From Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in English from Kent State University.

She has written for the Washington Post and the Cleveland Plain Dealer and theThe Huffington Post and regularly writes for The Boston Globe 's book pages. She is the Armitage Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She is active on the national lecture circuit.

Works

  • Bombay Time (2001)
  • First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood (2004)
  • The Space Between Us (2006)
  • If Today Be Sweet (2007)
  • The Weight of Heaven (2009)
  • The World We Found (2012)
  • The Story Hour (2014)
  • Recognition

  • 2000 - Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard University
  • 2006 - Finalist for the PEN/Open Book award
  • 2009 - Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature
  • 2013 - Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian General Fiction category for her novel, The World We Found
  • References

    Thrity Umrigar Wikipedia


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