Jhumpa Lahiri meets Tanja Jadnanansing

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Jhumpa Lahiri (Engeland, 1967) was born in London as a daughter of Indian immigrants from West-Bengali. She grew up in the USA. Migration and uprootedness are main themes in het work, like in the internationally acclaimed novel (made into a movie) The Namesake, and now her new novel The Lowland. In Writers Unlimited The Series she is interviewed by the member of parliament and former journalist Tanja Jadnanansing.

Centrale Bibliotheek, Studio B (first floor) Spui 68, Den Haag

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Date and time Thursday 31 October 2013 from 20:30 to 22:00 hrs
Location Podium B - Centrale Bibliotheek Den Haag, Spui 68, 5e etage

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Jhumpa Lahiri

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Tanja Jadnanansing

(Surinam, 1967) is an MP for the Dutch socialist party. She used to work as a project manager for the NOS (public broadcasting station) and as a presenter and programme maker for MTNL (Multicultural Television Nederland) and OHM (Dutch Hindu channel). She studied law at the Free University in Amsterdam. In 2002 she received the diversity prize of the city of Amsterdam for her radio programme highlighting the positive aspects of the multicultural society. In 2003 she was recipient of the prize awarded by the public at the Hollandse Nieuwe writers' festival.
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