Pico Iyer

1957 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Magdalen College, Harvard University, Eton College, Dragon School

occupation: novelist, essayist, opinion journalist, writer, international forum participant

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship

influenced by: Graham Greene

Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer (born 11 February 1957), known as Pico Iyer, is a British-born essayist and novelist known chiefly for his travel writing. He is the author of numerous books on crossing cultures including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk and The Global Soul. He has been a contributor to Time, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times. Source: Wikipedia (en)