Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth (born
June 20,
1952) is an
Indian novelist and
poet. He was born and raised in
Calcutta. He read
PPE as an undergraduate at
Oxford University, and did post-graduate study in economics at
Stanford University. He also studied classical
Chinese poetry at Nanjing University.
He is best known for his novels: The Golden Gate (1986), about San Francisco and written in verse as a very long sonnet sequence; A Suitable Boy (1993), a very long panoramic view of India in the nineteenth century Russian style; and An Equal Music.
Other works:
Poetry
- Mappings (1980)
- From Heaven Lake (1983)
- The Humble Administrator's Garden (1985)
- All You Who Sleep Tonight (1990),
- Beastly Tales (1991)
- Three Chinese Poets (1992)
Libretto