Jhumpa Lahiri shortlisted for US National Book Award

Days after being short listed for the Man Booker prize for her new novel, "The Lowland", Pulitzer Prize winning Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri has been shortlisted for the 2013 US National Book Award in fiction.
Her two brothers set in Kolkata of the 1960s has been listed along with nine other works, including Tom Drury's "Pacific", Elizabeth Graver's "The End of the Point" and Rachel Kushner's "The Flamethrowers."

The National Book Foundation said finalists in the Young People's Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction and Fiction categories would be announced on Oct 16 and the winners will be named at a ceremony in New York on Nov 20.

Born in London, 46-year-old Lahiri, who lives in Brooklyn, New York is the daughter of immigrants from West Bengal.