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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]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://bookpage.com/interviews/8766-thrity-umrigar#.WYkssdPytUQ\|title=Thrity Umrigar\|website=Bookpage\|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref>		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]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://bookpage.com/interviews/8766-thrity-umrigar#.WYkssdPytUQ\|title=Thrity Umrigar\|website=Bookpage\|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref>

	She has written for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and the ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' and ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and regularly writes for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' 's book pages. She is the Armitage Professor of [[English language\|English]] at [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland]]. She is active on the national lecture circuit.~~<ref name="auto"/>~~<ref name="auto1">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>		She has written for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and the ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' and ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and regularly writes for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' 's book pages. She is the Armitage Professor of [[English language\|English]] at [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland]]. She is active on the national lecture circuit.<ref name="auto1">{{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}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{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}}</ref>

	== Works ==		== Works ==
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	* ''When I Carried You In My Belly'' (2017)<ref>{{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}}</ref>		* ''When I Carried You In My Belly'' (2017)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
	* ''The Secrets Between Us'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://umrigar.com/the-secrets-between-us/\|title=The Secrets Between Us\|website=Thrity Umrigar\|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>		* ''The Secrets Between Us'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://umrigar.com/the-secrets-between-us/\|title=The Secrets Between Us\|website=Thrity Umrigar\|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
			* ''Honor'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.workman.com/products/honor/hardback\|title=Honor\|website=Workman Publishing\|access-date=2022-01-06}}</ref>

	== Recognition ==		== Recognition ==
	* 2000 - [[Nieman Fellowship]] for Journalism at [[Harvard University]]~~<ref name="auto1"/>~~<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=18 March 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318212601/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|archive-date=18 March 2014 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>		* 2000 - [[Nieman Fellowship]] for Journalism at [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=18 March 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318212601/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|archive-date=18 March 2014 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>
	* 2006 - Finalist for the [[PEN/Open Book]] award<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://english.case.edu/faculty/thrity-umrigar/\|title=Department of English\|publisher=\|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>		* 2006 - Finalist for the [[PEN/Open Book]] award<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://english.case.edu/faculty/thrity-umrigar/\|title=Department of English\|publisher=\|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
	* 2009 - [[Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2014-03-18 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320171835/http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|archivedate=2014-03-20 }}</ref>		* 2009 - [[Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2014-03-18 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320171835/http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|archivedate=2014-03-20 }}</ref>
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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]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://bookpage.com/interviews/8766-thrity-umrigar#.WYkssdPytUQ\|title=Thrity Umrigar\|website=Bookpage\|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref>		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]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://bookpage.com/interviews/8766-thrity-umrigar#.WYkssdPytUQ\|title=Thrity Umrigar\|website=Bookpage\|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref>

	She has written for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and the ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' and ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and regularly writes for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' 's book pages. She is the Armitage Professor of [[English language\|English]] at [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland]]. She is active on the national lecture circuit.<ref name="auto1">{{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}}</ref~~><ref name="auto"/~~><ref>{{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}}</ref>		She has written for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and the ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' and ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and regularly writes for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' 's book pages. She is the Armitage Professor of [[English language\|English]] at [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland]]. She is active on the national lecture circuit.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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	== Recognition ==		== Recognition ==
	* 2000 - [[Nieman Fellowship]] for Journalism at [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=18 March 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318212601/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|archive-date=18 March 2014 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref~~><ref name="auto1"/~~>		* 2000 - [[Nieman Fellowship]] for Journalism at [[Harvard University]]<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=18 March 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318212601/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 \|archive-date=18 March 2014 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
	* 2006 - Finalist for the [[PEN/Open Book]] award<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://english.case.edu/faculty/thrity-umrigar/\|title=Department of English\|publisher=\|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>		* 2006 - Finalist for the [[PEN/Open Book]] award<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://english.case.edu/faculty/thrity-umrigar/\|title=Department of English\|publisher=\|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
	* 2009 - [[Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2014-03-18 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320171835/http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|archivedate=2014-03-20 }}</ref>		* 2009 - [[Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2014-03-18 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320171835/http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html \|archivedate=2014-03-20 }}</ref>
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| birth_name = Thrity Umrigar
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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]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> family, and relocated to the United States at the age of 21.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/bio/|title=Bio|website=Thrity Umrigar official website|accessdate=14 September 2017}}</ref>

== 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]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://bookpage.com/interviews/8766-thrity-umrigar#.WYkssdPytUQ|title=Thrity Umrigar|website=Bookpage|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref>

She has written for the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and the ''[[Cleveland Plain Dealer]]'' and ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' and regularly writes for ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' 's book pages. She is the Armitage Professor of [[English language|English]] at [[Case Western Reserve University]] in [[Cleveland]]. She is active on the national lecture circuit.<ref name="auto1">{{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}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Works ==
* ''Bombay Time'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/bombay-time/|title=Bombay Time|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
* ''First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood'' (2004)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/first-darling/|title=First Darling of the Morning|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
* ''[[The Space Between Us (novel)|The Space Between Us]]'' (2006)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/the-space-between-us/|title=The Space Between Us|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
* ''If Today Be Sweet'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/if-today-be-sweet/|title=If Today Be Sweet|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
* ''The Weight of Heaven'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/the-weight-of-heaven/|title=The Weight of Heaven|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
* ''The World We Found'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/the-world-we-found/|title=The World We Found|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
* ''The Story Hour'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/the-story-hour/|title=The Story Hour|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-29}}</ref>
* ''Everybody's Son'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/the-secrets-between-us/|title=Everybody's Son|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>
* ''When I Carried You In My Belly'' (2017)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* ''The Secrets Between Us'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://umrigar.com/the-secrets-between-us/|title=The Secrets Between Us|website=Thrity Umrigar|access-date=2018-05-13}}</ref>

== Recognition ==
* 2000 - [[Nieman Fellowship]] for Journalism at [[Harvard University]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318212601/http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/NiemanFoundation/NiemanFellowships/MeetTheFellows/AlumniFellows.aspx#2000 |archive-date=18 March 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>
* 2006 - Finalist for the [[PEN/Open Book]] award<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.case.edu/faculty/thrity-umrigar/|title=Department of English|publisher=|accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
* 2009 - [[Cleveland Arts Prize in Literature]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320171835/http://clevelandartsprize.org/archive_year.html |archivedate=2014-03-20 }}</ref>
* 2013 - [[Lambda Literary Award]] in the Lesbian General Fiction category for her novel, ''The World We Found''<ref>[http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/06/04/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ "25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610062409/http://lgbtweekly.com/2013/06/04/25th-annual-lambda-literary-award-winners-announced/ |date=10 June 2013 }}, ''LGBT Weekly'', 4 June 2013.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.umrigar.com/ Personal website]

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[[Category:Nieman Fellows]]
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[[Category:Kent State University alumni]]
[[Category:Writers from Mumbai]]
[[Category:American people of Parsi descent]]
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[[Category:Case Western Reserve University faculty]]
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[[Category:Writers from Cleveland]]
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[[Category:21st-century American women writers]]
[[Category:American women academics]]

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