Media Advisory: Indian-American Author Jhumpa Lahiri to Present Distinguished Speakers Lecture at UB

Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri will present the latest installment in the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Speakers Series with a lecture to be held Wednesday, March 2, in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North Campus.

She received a Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for "Interpreter of Maladies," a collection of stories exploring issues of love and identity among immigrants and cultural transplants. Lahiri's "Unaccustomed Earth" received the 2008 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the world's largest prize for a short story collection.

She is a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, appointed by President Barack Obama.

During the program, audio and/or video photography, as well as still photography, will be limited to the first five minutes of Lahiri's lecture.

Working media may reserve tickets for the program by contacting Christine Vidal in the UB Office of Communications at 645-4607 or vidal@buffalo.edu no later than noon on Wednesday, March 2. Reserved tickets may be picked up at the will-call window in the Center for the Arts prior to the program. Media may need to show press credentials in order to be admitted to the program.