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Vikram Seth
Indian novelist and poet
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Details
Instance of
human
Born
20 June 1952
, 1952
Place of birth
Kolkata
Sex or gender
male
Given name
Vikram
Family name
Seth
Mother
Leila Seth
Occupation
poet
,
novelist
,
writer
,
children's writer
,
librettist
,
biographer
,
screenwriter
,
editor
Citizenship
India
Religion
Hinduism
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship
,
Sahitya Akademi Award in English
,
Padma Shri in literature and education
,
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
,
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
,
Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize
,
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
described by source
South Asian Novelists in English: An A-to-Z Guide
educated at
Corpus Christi College
,
Tonbridge School
,
Stanford University
,
St. Michael's High School, Patna
,
St. Xavier's High School, Patna
,
Welham Boys' School
instrument
cello
,
recorder
languages spoken, written or signed
English
,
Hindi
,
Standard Chinese
,
Urdu
,
German
,
Welsh
member of
Royal Society of Literature
name in native language
विक्रम सेठ
notable work
A Suitable Boy
,
The Golden Gate
,
An Equal Music
sexual orientation
bisexuality
writing language
English
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
A Suitable Boy
All You Who Sleep Tonight
Beastly Tales
The Golden Gate
An Equal Music
Mappings
The Humble Administrator's Garden
A Suitable Girl
Three Chinese Poets
Two Lives
A Suitable Boy
The Humble Administrator's Garden
Child of
Leila Seth
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