WRITER

Vikram Seth

1952 - Today

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Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novels and poetry books. He has won several awards such as Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi Award, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vikram Seth has received more than 2,067,015 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Vikram Seth is the 6,140th most popular writer (down from 5,767th in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from India (down from 764th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 38

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  • 5.48

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Notable Works

Arion and the dolphin
Legends, Folklore
Sailing home with a prize of gold won in a contest, Arion faces death at the hands of the crew who covet his treasure.
1994
A Suitable Boy
Fiction, India in fiction, History
1993
An equal music
Generals, Juvenile literature, Fiction
The author of the international bestseller *A Suitable Boy* returns with a powerful and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians. Michael Holme is a violinist, a member of the successful Maggiore Quartet. He has long been haunted, though, by memories of the pianist he loved and left ten years earlier, Julia McNicholl. Now Julia, married and the mother of a small child, unexpectedly reenters his life and the romance flares up once more. Against the magical backdrop of Venice and Vienna, the two lovers confront the truth about themselves and their love, about the music that both unites and divides them, and about a devastating secret that Julia must finally reveal. With poetic, evocative writing and a brilliant portrait of the international music scene, An *Equal Music* confirms Vikram Seth as one of the world's finest and most enticing writers.
1999
Two lives
Biography, Homes and haunts, Family
Widely acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living writers, Vikram Seth -- author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boy -- tells the heartrending true story of a friendship, a marriage, and a century. Weaving together the strands of two extraordinary lives -- Shanti Behari Seth, an immigrant from India who came to Berlin to study in the 1930s, and Helga Gerda Caro, the young German Jewish woman he befriended and later married -- Two Lives is both a history of a violent era seen through the eyes of two survivors and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of a complex, abiding love.
2005
From Heaven Lake
Description and travel, Travel, Journeys
1983
The Golden Gate
Fiction, City and town life in fiction, Yuppies
1986
Two lives
Biography, Homes and haunts, Family
Widely acclaimed as one of the world's greatest living writers, Vikram Seth -- author of the international bestseller A Suitable Boy -- tells the heartrending true story of a friendship, a marriage, and a century. Weaving together the strands of two extraordinary lives -- Shanti Behari Seth, an immigrant from India who came to Berlin to study in the 1930s, and Helga Gerda Caro, the young German Jewish woman he befriended and later married -- Two Lives is both a history of a violent era seen through the eyes of two survivors and an intimate, unforgettable portrait of a complex, abiding love.
2005
An equal music
Generals, Juvenile literature, Fiction
The author of the international bestseller *A Suitable Boy* returns with a powerful and deeply romantic tale of two gifted musicians. Michael Holme is a violinist, a member of the successful Maggiore Quartet. He has long been haunted, though, by memories of the pianist he loved and left ten years earlier, Julia McNicholl. Now Julia, married and the mother of a small child, unexpectedly reenters his life and the romance flares up once more. Against the magical backdrop of Venice and Vienna, the two lovers confront the truth about themselves and their love, about the music that both unites and divides them, and about a devastating secret that Julia must finally reveal. With poetic, evocative writing and a brilliant portrait of the international music scene, An *Equal Music* confirms Vikram Seth as one of the world's finest and most enticing writers.
1999
The Golden Gate
Fiction, City and town life in fiction, Yuppies
One of the most highly regarded novels of 1986, Vikram Seth's story in verse made him a literary household name in both the United States and India. John Brown, a successful yuppie living in 1980s San Francisco meets a romantic interest in Liz, after placing a personal ad in the newspaper. From this interaction, John meets a variety of characters, each with their own values and ideas of "self-actualization." However, Liz begins to fall in love with John's best friend, and John realizes his journey of self-discovery has only just begun.
1986
A Suitable Boy
Fiction, India in fiction, History
1993
The Vintage Book of Indian Writing 1947-1997
Indic literature (English), Literary collections, Indic literature
1997
From Heaven Lake
Description and travel, Travel, Journeys
1983

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vikram Seth ranks 6,140 out of 7,302. Before him are Kevin J. Anderson, Thomas M. Disch, Reginald Hill, Reki Kawahara, Liu Xia, and David Halberstam. After him are Kristina Brenk, Patricia A. McKillip, Tamara Gverdtsiteli, Bernardine Evaristo, John Logan, and Ahmad NikTalab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Vikram Seth ranks 552. Before him are Susan Dey, Willy Puchner, Mohamed Said Fofana, Albert Camille Vital, Youssouf Saleh Abbas, and Lars-Erik Skiöld. After him are Philippe Kahn, Pia Tafdrup, Touriya Jabrane, Laurie Bird, Estanislau da Silva, and José Velásquez.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vikram Seth ranks 834 out of 1,861. Before him are George Caridia (1869), Sonu Sood (1973), Anil Ambani (1959), Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914), Harold Walden (1887), and V. K. Krishna Menon (1896). After him are John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Indira Nath (1938), V. Shantaram (1901), Sitara Devi (1920), Adolf Lu Hitler Marak (1958), and Daulat Singh Kothari (1906).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vikram Seth ranks 115. Before him are Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), Ruskin Bond (1934), Gurdial Singh (1933), Bano Qudsia (1928), and Ravindra Kelekar (1925). After him are Varsha Adalja (1940), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), Gita Mehta (1943), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938).

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