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Vikram Seth (born June 20, 1952) is an Indian novelist and
poet. He was born and raised in Calcutta. He
was educated at Tonbridge School. He read Philosophy, Politics and
Economics (PPE) as an undergraduate at Oxford University, and did post-graduate study in economics at Stanford University. He also studied classical Chinese poetry at Nanjing University.
He is best known for his novels: The Golden Gate
(1986), about San Francisco, written in verse as a very long sonnet sequence;
A Suitable Boy
(1993), a very long panoramic view of India in the nineteenth
century Russian style; and An
Equal Music (1999).
Poetry
- Mappings (1980)
- From Heaven
Lake (1983)
- The Humble Administrator's Garden (1985)
- All
You Who Sleep Tonight (1990),
- Beastly Tales
(1991)
- Three Chinese
Poets (1992)
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