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Vikram Seth

India (b.1952)

Vikram Seth, born June 20, 1952 is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist. An unusually forthcoming writer whose published material is replete with un- or thinly-disguised details as to the personal lives of himself and his intimates related in a highly engaging narrative voice.

He has written great books in every genre: verse novel (The Golden Gate), travel book (From Heaven Lake, the winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award), and epic masterpiece (A Suitable Boy).

Genres: Literary Fiction

Novels

   The Golden Gate (1986)
   A Suitable Boy (1993)
   An Equal Music (1999)
   A Suitable Girl (2015)

Collections

   Mappings (poems) (1981)
   Humble Administrator's Garden (poems) (1985)
   All You Who Sleep Tonight (poems) (1990)
   Three Chinese Poets (poems) (1991)
   Beastly Tales (poems) (1992)
   The Poems 1981-1994 (poems) (1995)
   The Collected Poems (poems) (1999)
   The Rivered Earth (poems) (2011)
   Summer Requiem (poems) (2015)
   The Poetry of Vikram Seth (poems) (2022)

Novellas and Short Stories

Riot at Misri Mandi (1995)

Series contributed to

Ox-Tales
   Ox-Tales: Earth (2009) (with others)
   Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)
   Ox-Tales:Air (2009) (with others)
   Ox-Tales:Water (2009) (with others)

Picture Books show

Non fiction show

Award nominations

1986 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (nominee) : The Golden Gate

Vikram Seth recommends

The Lost City (2007)
Henry Shukman
"A very gifted and haunting new writer."

Chowringhee (1962)
Sankar
"I read Chowringhee many years ago in a Hindi translation and lost myself in it for days. It was a wonderful experience - both gripping and moving. I... hope [this english translation] gets the wide readership it deserves."

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