Thrity Umrigar Explained

Birth Name:Thrity Umrigar
Birth Place:Mumbai, India
Alma Mater:Bombay University, Ohio State University, Kent State University
Nationality:American

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 The Huffington Post and regularly writes for The Boston Globes 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

Recognition

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bookslut - An Interview with Thrity Umrigar. www.bookslut.com. 19 December 2018. 9 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181209121519/http://www.bookslut.com/features/2012_01_018505.php. dead.
  2. Web site: Bio. Thrity Umrigar official website. 14 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Thrity Umrigar. Bookpage. 15 December 2011 . 2017-08-07.
  4. Web site: Writers-on-the-bay-series. BetsyWritersRoom. 14 September 2015 . 2017-08-07.
  5. Web site: Journalists who moonlight as fiction writers. Khabar. 2017-08-07.
  6. Web site: Bombay Time. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  7. Web site: First Darling of the Morning. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  8. Web site: The Space Between Us. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  9. Web site: If Today Be Sweet. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  10. Web site: The Weight of Heaven. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  11. Web site: The World We Found. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  12. Web site: The Story Hour. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  13. Web site: Everybody's Son. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-13.
  14. Web site: When I Carried You In My Belly. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-29.
  15. Web site: The Secrets Between Us. Thrity Umrigar. 2018-05-13.
  16. Web site: Binny's Diwali. Thrity Umrigar. 2023-11-21.
  17. Web site: Sugar In Milk. Thrity Umrigar. 2023-11-21.
  18. Web site: Honor. Workman Publishing. 2022-01-06.
  19. Web site: The Museum of Failures. Hachette Book Group. 2023-09-26.
  20. Web site: Nieman Foundation | Nieman Fellowships | Meet the Fellows | Alumni Fellows . 18 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140318212601/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 . 18 March 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  21. Web site: Department of English. 19 December 2018.
  22. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-03-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320171835/http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html . 2014-03-20 .
  23. http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/06/04/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ "25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced"