Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the WH Smith Literary Award and the Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon, and he is regarded as the greatest Indian writer in English of all time.
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- Born in
- Kolkata
- Educated at
- St. Xavier's High School, PatnaWelham Boys' SchoolStanford UniversityCorpus Christi CollegeTonbridge School
- Awards
- 🏆 Padma Shri in literature and education🏆 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature🏆 Sahitya Akademi Award in English🏆 Guggenheim Fellowship
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1952
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