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第8回（1994年） Winner
Vikram Seth
ヴィクラム・セス
Vikram Seth
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1952-06-20 （Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India）
- 国籍
- Indian
- 言語
- English, Hindi
- 居住地歴
- United Kingdom (near Salisbury) → India (Noida, Uttar Pradesh)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Poet
- 活動期間
- 1980年〜
- 所属団体
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- ノミネート
- 1993 – Shortlisted, Irish Times International Fiction Prize for A Suitable Boy
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Doon School | — | — | — | — | India |
| Tonbridge School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Corpus Christi College, Oxford | Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) | — | BA | — | United Kingdom |
| Stanford University | Economics (PhD programme) | — | — | — | United States |
The Doon School
国:
India
All-boys boarding school. Served as editor-in-chief of The Doon School Weekly.
Tonbridge School
国:
United Kingdom
Attended to complete A-levels.
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
学位:
BA
国:
United Kingdom
Read PPE.
Stanford University
Economics (PhD programme)
国:
United States
Pursued a PhD in Economics but did not complete it.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Thomas Cook Travel Book Award | From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia) | The Humble Administrator's Garden | — | Commonwealth Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Sahitya Akademi Award | The Golden Gate | — | Sahitya Akademi | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book) | A Suitable Boy | — | Commonwealth Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1994 | WH Smith Literary Award | A Suitable Boy | — | WH Smith | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Crossword Book Award | An Equal Music | — | Crossword Bookstores | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | — | 叙位・受勲 |
| 2001 | EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award) | An Equal Music | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Pravasi Bharatiya Samman | — | — | Government of India | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Padma Shri (Literature & Education) | — | — | Government of India | 受賞 |
| — | Stegner Fellowship | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) | — | — | Royal Society of Literature | 選出 |
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
1983
対象作品:
From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet
結果:
受賞
Commonwealth Poetry Prize (Asia)
1985
対象作品:
The Humble Administrator's Garden
主催:
Commonwealth Foundation
結果:
受賞
Sahitya Akademi Award
1988
対象作品:
The Golden Gate
主催:
Sahitya Akademi
結果:
受賞
Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Overall Winner, Best Book)
1994
対象作品:
A Suitable Boy
主催:
Commonwealth Foundation
結果:
受賞
WH Smith Literary Award
1994
対象作品:
A Suitable Boy
主催:
WH Smith
結果:
受賞
Crossword Book Award
1999
対象作品:
An Equal Music
主催:
Crossword Bookstores
結果:
受賞
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2001
結果:
叙位・受勲
EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award)
2001
対象作品:
An Equal Music
結果:
受賞
Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
2005
主催:
Government of India
結果:
受賞
Padma Shri (Literature & Education)
2007
主催:
Government of India
結果:
受賞
Stegner Fellowship
結果:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
結果:
受賞
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
1994
主催:
Royal Society of Literature
結果:
選出
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Golden Gate
1986年 NovelA verse novel set in San Francisco that explores urban life and interpersonal relationships in poetic form.
urban liferelationshipshumour and pathos
A Suitable Boy
1993年 Novel 1349ページA sprawling novel set in post-independence India that follows family life, marriage and politics.
familymarriagepoliticsmodernity vs tradition
映像化・舞台化
- [Television (miniseries)] A Suitable Boy (BBC miniseries) (2020)
An Equal Music
1999年 NovelA novel about the troubled love life of a violinist, with music as a central theme.
musiclosslove
全著作
- Mappings (poetry, 1980)
- From Heaven Lake (travel, 1983)
- The Humble Administrator's Garden (poetry, 1985)
- The Golden Gate (novel, 1986)
- A Suitable Boy (novel, 1993)
- An Equal Music (novel, 1999)
- Two Lives (non-fiction, 2005)
- The Rivered Earth (non-fiction, 2011)
- Hanuman Chalisa (translation, 2024)
翻案
- A Suitable Boy (BBC television miniseries, 2020)
作家による翻訳
- Hanuman Chalisa (translation, 2024)
作風・主題
- 文体
- poetic and precise proselyrical description combined with witdetailed characterisation for long-form narratives
- 頻出モチーフ
- musicfamily and marriagetravel and cross-cultural experienceconflict between modernity and tradition
評価・遺産
Vikram Seth is one of the leading writers in Indian English literature, acclaimed for both his poetry and long-form novels. His landmark novel A Suitable Boy is renowned for its panoramic depiction of Indian society and has been adapted for screen.
関連学会
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
大衆文化への影響
- BBC adaptation of A Suitable Boy (2020)
引用
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"We live in a better situation now than we lived a month ago."
出典: Deccan Herald (2024) (2024年)
豆知識
- He is openly bisexual.
- An Equal Music was dedicated to the violinist Philippe Honoré.
- He purchased and renovated the former home of the Anglican poet George Herbert near Salisbury.