Vikram Seth
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Vikram Seth CBE |
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20 June 1952 Kolkata, India |
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| Occupation | Novelist, poet | ||
| Nationality | Indian | ||
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St. Michael's High School, Patna The Doon School Corpus Christi College, Oxford Stanford University |
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| Period | 1980–present | ||
| Genre | novels, poetry, libretto, travel writing, children's literature, biography/memoir | ||
| Notable works |
A Suitable Boy The Golden Gate An Equal Music A Suitable Girl |
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Vikram Seth CBE (/ˈsɛθ/; 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.
Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in Kolkata, West Bengal. His father, Premnath Seth, was an executive of Bata Shoes and his mother, Leila Seth, a barrister by training, became the first female Chief Justice of Delhi High Court.
He studied at St. Michael's High School, Patna and at the The Doon School in Dehradun. After graduating from Doon, Seth went to Tonbridge School, England, to complete his A-levels, He also studied at St. Xavier's High School, Patna. Later he moved to London and read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He then pursued a Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University.
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