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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 Academy 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 1,959,845 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Vikram Seth is the 5,788th most popular writer (down from 5,269th in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from India (down from 719th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 2.0M

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  • 40.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vikram Seth ranks 5,788 out of 5,755. Before him are Tierno Monénembo, Mo Hayder, Joel Barlow, Damon Lindelof, Christopher Fry, and Polly Samson. After him are Robert Rodat, Laurell K. Hamilton, Tom Wilson, Helen Gurley Brown, J. G. Farrell, and Cheryl Strayed.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Vikram Seth ranks 543. Before him are Pierluigi Marzorati, John Hiatt, Michèle Jacot, Chuck Leavell, John Cornyn, and Marcia Fudge. After him are Zilya Valeeva, Raúl González, Antônio Silva, Nora Dunn, Pia Tafdrup, and Arun Jaitley.

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In India

Among people born in India, Vikram Seth ranks 768 out of 1,493. Before him are Boman Irani (1959), Bano Qudsia (1928), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Maneka Gandhi (1956), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), and Abhay Ashtekar (1949). After him are Smita Patil (1955), Mehdi Hassan (1927), Chandramukhi Basu (1860), Yogi Adityanath (1972), Arvind Kejriwal (1968), and K. Chandrashekar Rao (1954).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Vikram Seth ranks 102. Before him are Javed Akhtar (1945), Kaifi Azmi (1919), Ruskin Bond (1934), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Bano Qudsia (1928). After him are Ram Swarup (1920), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Rahat Indori (1950), Rohinton Mistry (1952), Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944), and Saroo Brierley (1981).

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