| Names |
VIKRAM SETH |
| Date of
Birth |
June 20, 1952
– Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
|
Profession / Traits / Activities |
Novelist and Poet |
| Works |
- His major workd include:
- Novels:
- The Golden Gate (1986), A Suitable Boy (1993),
An Equal Music (1999), A Suitable Girl (2013)
- Poetry:
- Mappings (1980), The Humble Administrator's
Garden (1985), All You Who Sleep Tonight (1990),
Beastly Tales (1991), Three Chinese Poets (1992),
The Frog and the Nightingale (1994)
|
| Developments / Events |
- He is able to speak and write a number of
languages.
|
| Awards &
Accolades |
- 1983 – Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for From
Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
- 1985 – Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) The Humble
Administrator's Garden
- 1993 – Irish Times International Fiction Prize - A
Suitable Boy
- 1994 – Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best
Book) A Suitable Boy
- 1994 – WH Smith Literary Award A Suitable Boy
- 1999 – Crossword Book Award "An Equal Music"
- 2001 – EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award)
for Best Book/Novel An Equal Music
- 2005 – Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
- 2007 – Padma Shri in Literature &
Education
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