in poetry anthologies The Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets. Ed. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1992. The Golden Treasure of Writers Workshop Poetry. Ed. Rubana Huq. Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 2008. Awards and honours 1983 – Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet 1985 – Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) for The Humble Administrator's Garden 1988 – Sahitya Akademi Award for The Golden Gate 1993 – Irish Times International Fiction Prize (shortlist) for A Suitable Boy 1994 – Commonwealth Writers Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) for A Suitable Boy 1994 – WH Smith Literary Award for A Suitable Boy 1999 – Crossword Book Award for An Equal Music 2001 – Order of the British Empire, Commander 2001 – EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award) for Best Book/Novel for An Equal Music 2005 – Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2007 – Padma Shri in Literature & Education 2013 – NDTV's 25 Greatest Global Living Legends In India See also List of Indian writers References Sources Chaudhuri, Amit (ed.). "Vikram Seth (born 1952)." The Vintage Book of Modern Indian Literature. New York: Vintage, 2004:508–537. External links The Telegraph ("Love split delayed Suitable Boy sequel") British Council Bio "Poetic License" by Cynthia Haven, "Stanford Magazine," May/June 1999 BOMB Magazine interview with Vikram Seth by Ameena Meer Vikram Seth at the Encyclopedia of Fantasy 1952 births Writers from Kolkata Living people Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Bisexual poets Bisexual novelists The Doon School alumni Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature English-language poets from India Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom Indian male novelists Indian travel writers Indian LGBT poets Indian LGBT novelists Indian LGBT rights activists People educated at Tonbridge School Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education The Doon School faculty Bisexual men Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in English St. Xavier's Patna alumni Writers from Patna Indian male poets 20th-century Indian novelists 21st-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian essayists 21st-century Indian essayists Indian political writers Indian children's writers Novelists from West Bengal Poets from West Bengal 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian male writers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Stegner Fellows Recipients of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman