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词条 Thrity Umrigar
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Works

  4. Recognition

  5. References

  6. External links

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

Early life

Umrigar was born in Mumbai, India to a Parsi[1] family, and relocated to the United States at the age of 21.[2]

Career

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.[3]

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.[4][3][5]

Works

  • Bombay Time (2001)[6]
  • First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood (2004)[7]
  • The Space Between Us (2006)[8]
  • If Today Be Sweet (2007)[9]
  • The Weight of Heaven (2009)[10]
  • The World We Found (2012)[11]
  • The Story Hour (2014)[12]
  • Everybody's Son (2017)[13]
  • When I Carried You In My Belly (2017)[14]
  • The Secrets Between Us (2018)[15]

Recognition

  • 2000 - Nieman Fellowship for Journalism at Harvard University[16][4]
  • 2006 - Finalist for the PEN/Open Book award[17]
  • 2009 - Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature[18]
  • 2013 - Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian General Fiction category for her novel, The World We Found[19]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bookslut.com/features/2012_01_018505.php|title=Bookslut - An Interview with Thrity Umrigar|website=www.bookslut.com|accessdate=19 December 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/bio/|title=Bio|website=Thrity Umrigar official website|accessdate=14 September 2017}}
3. ^1 {{Cite web|URL=https://bookpage.com/interviews/8766-thrity-umrigar#.WYkssdPytUQ|title=Thrity Umrigar|website=Bookpage|access-date=2017-08-07}}
4. ^1 {{Cite web|URL=http://www.thebetsywritersroom.com/programs/writers-on-the-bay-series/2015-2/|title=Writers-on-the-bay-series|website=BetsyWritersRoom|access-date=2017-08-07}}
5. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://www.khabar.com/magazine/features/journalists_who_moonlight_as_fiction_writers.aspx|title=Journalists who moonlight as fiction writers|website=Khabar|access-date=2017-08-07}}
6. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/bombay-time/|title=Bombay Time|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
7. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/first-darling/|title=First Darling of the Morning|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
8. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/the-space-between-us/|title=The Space Between Us|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
9. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/if-today-be-sweet/|title=If Today Be Sweet|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
10. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/the-weight-of-heaven/|title=The Weight of Heaven|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
11. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/the-world-we-found/|title=The World We Found|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
12. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/the-story-hour/|title=The Story Hour|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
13. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/the-secrets-between-us/|title=Everybody's Son|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-13}}
14. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/when-i-carried-you-in-my-belly/|title=When I Carried You In My Belly|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}
15. ^{{Cite web|URL=http://umrigar.com/the-secrets-between-us/|title=The Secrets Between Us|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-13}}
16. ^  {{deadlink|date=March 2019}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://english.case.edu/faculty/thrity-umrigar/|title=Department of English|publisher=|accessdate=19 December 2018}}
18. ^{{cite web |url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-03-18 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320171835/http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html |archivedate=2014-03-20 |df= }}
19. ^"25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced", LGBT Weekly, 4 June 2013.

External links

  • Personal website
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14 : American women writers of Indian descent|Living people|Indian emigrants to the United States|Nieman Fellows|Ohio State University alumni|Kent State University alumni|Writers from Mumbai|American people of Parsi descent|University of Mumbai alumni|Case Western Reserve University faculty|Year of birth missing (living people)|Writers from Cleveland|Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction winners|Parsi people
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