Correct Option: A

He got Pravasi Bharatiya Samman in 2005. Vikram Seth (born 20 June, 1952) is an Indian author and poet. Vikram Seth was born on 20 June, 1952 in a Punjabi family to Leila and Prem Seth in Calcutta (now Kolkata). His family lived in many cities including the Bata Shoe Company town of Batanagar, Danapur near Patna, and in London. Having lived in London for many years, Seth now maintains residences near Salisbury, England, where he is a participant in local literary and cultural events, having bought and renovated the house of the Anglican poet George Herbert in 1996,and in Delhi, where he lives with his parents and keeps his extensive library and papers.