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Vikram Seth CBE, FRSL (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.
A Suitable Boy is a novel by Vikram Seth, published in 1993. With 1,349 pages (1,488 pages in paperback), the English-language book is one of the longest novels published in a single volume. [1] [2] [3] A Suitable Boy is set in a newly post-independence, post-partition India.
The Lightness in All Things | Outlook's Editor Chinki Sinha in Conversation with Vikram Seth
The world is too opaque, distressing and profound. - Sit by Vikram Seth. Outside, the world continued being profound and distressing. It is poet
Outlook India
2 days ago
Rainbow Reads: 6 Books That You Can Read with ‘Pride’!
The month of June is associated with the LGBTQ+ Pride movement. To that purpose, we have handpicked a list of books by renowned Indian authors that will tell our students more about the Month ...
The Telegraph
1 day ago
Jun 16, 2024 · Vikram Seth (born June 20, 1952, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India) is an Indian poet, novelist, and travel writer known for his verse novel The Golden Gate (1986) and his epic novel A Suitable Boy (1993). The son of a judge and a businessman, Seth was raised in London and India.
Vikram Seth's latest works include Two Lives (2005), a memoir of the marriage of his great uncle and aunt, and Summer Requiem (2015), a book of poems.
Vikram Seth has 70 books on Goodreads with 217349 ratings. Vikram Seth’s most popular book is A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1).
As Vikram Seth’s landmark novel, A Suitable Boy, completes 25 years, an exclusive interview with the writer on the book, its much-awaited sequel and his plans for a scheme of books...
Jul 5, 2024 · Vikram Seth—as acclaimed and popular a poet as he is a novelist—spent some years translating this beloved classic into English, in rhyme and metre. The result is a flawless translation which has the magical incantatory quality of the original Awadhi.
A Suitable Boy (1993), an epic of Indian life set in the 1950s, got him the WH Smith Literary Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Vikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
Jul 24, 2020 · Vikram Seth's novel A Suitable Boy, a panorama of post-independence, post-separation India comes to the BBC, in an adaptation scripted by Andrew Davies. Vikram explains the story's origin...
Jun 22, 2024 · PTI. New Delhi, June 22. Eminent author-poet Vikram Seth on Friday said “we are in a better situation” than a month ago, referring to the results of the 18th Lok Sabha elections, and added ...
