Barack Obama to give away National Humanities Medal to Jhumpa Lahiri

Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri is one of 10 distinguished recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal, to be <g data-gr-id="8">prsented</g> by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony on September 10.

Lahiri has been awarded the medal “for enlarging the human story”, according to the White house citation. “In her works of fiction, Lahiri has illuminated the Indian-American experience in beautifully wrought narratives of estrangement and belonging.” The medal honors an individual or organization whose work has deepened the nation’s understanding of the human experience, broadened citizens’ engagement with history and literature or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to cultural resources.