“Jhumpa Lahiri has chosen to withdraw her acceptance of the 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award in response to our updated dress code policy,” the museum said in a statement on September 25.

Jhumpa Lahiri Declines a Noguchi Museum Award Over a Ban on Kaffiyehs The museum said the Pulitzer Prize-winning author withdrew her acceptance after it fired staff members for wearing clothing ...

Jhumpa Lahiri Declines a Noguchi Museum Award Over a Ban on Kaffiyehs The museum said the Pulitzer Prize-winning author withdrew her acceptance after it fired staff members for wearing clothing ...

Current and former staff at the Noguchi Museum in New York City have issued a call for a boycott of the museum because of its attacks on workers’ democratic rights.

Lahiri, acclaimed for her insightful portrayals of identity, cultural displacement, and the immigrant experience, is scheduled to accept the award in St. Louis in 2026. The St. Louis Literary ...

Workers at the Noguchi Museum in New York City have officially unionized following a unanimous National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election, according to an announcement on the union’s ...

The author surveys school book reports and some fan mail, from M. Night Shyamalan, in her archives, which she recently sold to the New York Public Library.

In September, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri refused to accept an award from the Noguchi Museum in New York after it fired three employees for wearing Palestinian keffiyeh scarves.

Recently, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi Museum Wednesday after it sacked three employees for wearing ‘keffiyeh’. #10 Cyber ...

Also in September, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri declined the museum’s 2024 award in solidarity with workers, Hyperallergic reported.

As a gesture of solidarity with the terminated workers later that month, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri declined the museum’s 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award.

In September, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri turned down an award from the Noguchi Museum citing the Queens institution’s policy banning staff from wearing “political dress.” ...