vikram seth
Vikram Seth (born on 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He has written several novel and poetry books. He has received several awards including Padma Shri, Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, WH Smith Literary Award and Crossword Book Award.
Contents
1 Background
1.1 Work themes
1.2 Business acumen
2 Bibliography
2.1 Novels
2.2 Poetry
2.3 Children 's book
2.4 Libretti
2.5 Others
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links
Background
Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in a Punjabi family to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta (now Kolkata).He spent part of his childhood in Patna where his parents were posted for a while.
Seth spent part of his youth in London and returned to India in 1957. He received primary education at Welham Boys ' School and then moved to The Doon School. While at Doon, Seth was the editor-in-chief of The Doon School Weekly.[1] After graduating from The Doon School in India, Seth went to Tonbridge School, England to complete his A-levels,[2][3][4] where he developed an interest in poetry and learned Chinese. After leaving Oxford, Seth moved to California to work on a graduate degree in economics at Stanford University. He then went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry at Nanjing University in China.
Having lived in London for many years, Seth now maintains residences near Salisbury, England, where he is a participant in local literary and cultural events, having bought and renovated the house of the Anglican poet George Herbert in 1996,[5] and in Delhi, where he lives with his parents and keeps his extensive library and papers.
Seth self-identifies as bisexual. In 2006, he became a leader of the campaign against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a law against homosexuality.[6] Leila Seth, his mother wrote about Seth 's sexuality and her coming to terms with it in her memoir.[7]
His younger brother, Shantum, leads Buddhist meditational tours. His younger sister, Aradhana, is a filmmaker married to an
Contents
1 Background
1.1 Work themes
1.2 Business acumen
2 Bibliography
2.1 Novels
2.2 Poetry
2.3 Children 's book
2.4 Libretti
2.5 Others
3 Awards
4 References
5 External links
Background
Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in a Punjabi family to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta (now Kolkata).He spent part of his childhood in Patna where his parents were posted for a while.
Seth spent part of his youth in London and returned to India in 1957. He received primary education at Welham Boys ' School and then moved to The Doon School. While at Doon, Seth was the editor-in-chief of The Doon School Weekly.[1] After graduating from The Doon School in India, Seth went to Tonbridge School, England to complete his A-levels,[2][3][4] where he developed an interest in poetry and learned Chinese. After leaving Oxford, Seth moved to California to work on a graduate degree in economics at Stanford University. He then went on to study creative writing at Stanford and classical Chinese poetry at Nanjing University in China.
Having lived in London for many years, Seth now maintains residences near Salisbury, England, where he is a participant in local literary and cultural events, having bought and renovated the house of the Anglican poet George Herbert in 1996,[5] and in Delhi, where he lives with his parents and keeps his extensive library and papers.
Seth self-identifies as bisexual. In 2006, he became a leader of the campaign against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, a law against homosexuality.[6] Leila Seth, his mother wrote about Seth 's sexuality and her coming to terms with it in her memoir.[7]
His younger brother, Shantum, leads Buddhist meditational tours. His younger sister, Aradhana, is a filmmaker married to an
References: 1. Jump up ^ Vikram Seth 's Founder 's Day Address, The Doon School, Penguin Books of Modern Speeches (2009) p.34 "...edited the Weekly and did other things" 2 8. Jump up ^ Gavron, Jeremy (27 March 1999), "A suitable joy", The Guardian (London), retrieved 2007-09-05. 12. Jump up ^ Albertazzi, Silvia (2005-01-20), "An equal music, an alien world: postcolonial literature and the representation of European culture", European Review (Cambridge University Press) 13: 103–113, doi:10.1017/S1062798705000104. Chaudhuri, Amit (ed.). "Vikram Seth (b. 1952)." The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature. New York: Vintage, 2004:508–537.