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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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Latest revision as of 21:07, 6 January 2022


Thrity Umrigar
BornThrity Umrigar
Mumbai, India
Occupation
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBombay University, Ohio State University, Kent State University
Website
umrigar.com

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

Early life[edit]

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

Career[edit]

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 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[edit]

  • 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]
  • Honor (2022)[16]

Recognition[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Bookslut - An Interview with Thrity Umrigar". www.bookslut.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bio". Thrity Umrigar official website. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Thrity Umrigar". Bookpage. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Writers-on-the-bay-series". BetsyWritersRoom. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Journalists who moonlight as fiction writers". Khabar. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Bombay Time". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "First Darling of the Morning". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Space Between Us". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "If Today Be Sweet". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "The Weight of Heaven". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "The World We Found". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Story Hour". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Everybody's Son". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "When I Carried You In My Belly". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "The Secrets Between Us". Thrity Umrigar. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Honor". Workman Publishing. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ↑ "Department of English". Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  20. ↑ "25th annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" Archived 10 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine, LGBT Weekly, 4 June 2013.

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