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Vikram Seth is an Indian poet, novelist, writer, and children's writer who was born in Kolkata. He is a member of the Royal Society of Literature and has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman. His notable work includes *A Suitable Boy*. Seth is a practicing Hindu who speaks English, Hindi, Standard Chinese, and Urdu.
He was educated at Tonbridge School, Corpus Christi College, and Stanford University. Seth has identified as bisexual and plays the cello and recorder. His literary output includes works such as *Muziḳah sheḳulah*, *Shidukh holem*, *Three Chinese poets*, *India*, and *Una música constante*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 20 June 1952
- Works
- 106
Top works
- Muziḳah sheḳulah
- Shidukh holem
- Three Chinese poets
- India
- Una música constante
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 69
- Total plays
- 580
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Stages of embryonic development of the zebrafish
· 1995 · cited 10,848x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,265x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,016x
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
· 2019 · cited 7,463x
- Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2020 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association
· 2020 · cited 6,844x
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Quotes
- “Some men like Jack and some like JillI'm glad I like them both but stillI wonder if this freewheelingReally is an enlightened thing,Or is its greater scope a signOf deviance from some party line?In the strict ranks of Gay and StraightWhat is my status: Stray? Or Great?”
- “All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hands to left or right, And emptiness above— Know that you aren’t alone. The whole world shares your tears, Some for two nights or one, And some for all their years.”
- “Imagining the flower-pot attacked itThe kitten flung the violets near and farAnd yet, who knows? This morning, as I backed it,My car was set upon by a parked car.”
- “'You too will marry a boy I choose,' said Mrs Rupa Mehra firmly to her younger daughter. Lata avoided the maternal imperative by looking around the great lamp-lit garden of Prem Nivas. The wedding-guests were gathered on the lawn. 'Hmm,' she said. This annoyed her mother further.”
- “[T]hink of many things. Never place your happiness in one person’s power. Be just to yourself.”
- “Is it not love that knows how to make smooth things rough and rough things smooth?”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1952-06-20 ) 20 June 1952 (age 73) , Calcutta , West Bengal , India
- Occupation
- Novelist poet
- Alma mater
- Corpus Christi College, Oxford , Stanford University
- Period
- 1980–present
- Genre
- Novels, poetry, libretto, travel writing, children's literature, biography/memoir
- Notable works
- A Suitable Boy , The Golden Gate , An Equal Music
- Notable awards
- Padma Shri , Sahitya Akademi Award , Stegner Fellowship , Guggenheim Fellowship , FRSL , Commonwealth Writers' Prize
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Vikram Seth (born 20 June 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. The author of three novels and several collections of poetry, he is a recipient of the Padma Shri, a Sahitya Akademi Award, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, the WH Smith Literary Award and the Crossword Book Award. Seth's collections of poetry such as Mappings and Beastly Tales are notable contributions to the Indian English language poetry canon, and he is regarded as the greatest Indian writer in English of all time.
Early Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vikram Seth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.