WRITER

Vikram Seth

1952 - Today

Photo of Vikram Seth

Icon of person Vikram Seth

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 2,100,972 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Vikram Seth is the 6,141st most popular writer (down from 5,767th in 2019), the 835th most popular biography from India (down from 764th in 2019) and the 115th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vikram Seth ranks 6,141 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.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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.

Others Born in 1952

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, Vikram Seth ranks 835 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).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

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).

Indian born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous