Vikram Seth Writer

Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has received several awards including Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as "Mappings" and "Beastly tales", are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry Canon.

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Vikram Seth
Birth dateJune 20, 1952
Birth place
India , Kolkata
Education
Stanford University
Corpus Christi College Oxford
The Doon School

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notable work
A Suitable Boy
A Suitable Girl
An Equal Music
The Golden Gate (Vikram Seth novel)

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External resources

  1. http://bombsite.com/issues/33/articles/1377
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/sethv1.shtml
  3. http://www.booksweb.tv/content/show/ContentId/1194
  4. http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth89
  5. http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Seth.html
  6. http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4020
  7. http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/1999/mayjun/articles/seth.html
  8. http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article1551817.ece
  9. http://www.vikramseth.com