Contents
Vikram Seth
Writing A Suitable Boy and the verse novel The Golden Gate.
The Golden Gate · A Suitable Boy
- Born
- 20 June 1952
- Birthplace
- Kolkata, India
More people
Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is an Indian novelist and poet whose work ranges from family sagas to tightly patterned verse. He has also written travel books, biography and texts for musical performance.
Early life
A literary education
Attended the Doon School and Tonbridge before studying at Oxford.
Economics to writing
Pursued postgraduate economics at Stanford without completing the doctorate.
Career
- 1980
First poetry collection
Published Mappings.
- 1983
Travel writing
From Heaven Lake brought recognition for his account of travelling through China and Tibet.
- 1986
A novel in verse
Published The Golden Gate.
- 1993
A large family saga
A Suitable Boy expanded his international readership.
Selected work
The Golden Gate
A novel about California lives written in verse.
A Suitable Boy
Interweaves four families in newly independent India.
An Equal Music
Explores a musician’s love, memory and chamber-music world.
Beyond work
Equality campaign
Campaigned against India’s Section 377 restrictions on same-sex relationships.
Music
Western classical music has been a lasting interest since his school years.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Stanford Magazine ↗Photo: Amrhelweh. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
.jpg){kind=link}