Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth (born June 20, 1952) is an Indian novelist and poet. He was born and raised in Calcutta. He read 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 and 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.

Other works:

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)

Libretto

• Arion and the Dolphin (1994) for the English National Opera; published as an illustrated book.