Pico Iyer
Pico Iyer | |
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Iyer in 2025 | |
| Born | Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer 11 February 1957 Oxford, England |
| Occupation | Essayist, novelist |
| Genre | Non-fiction/fiction |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, 2005 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Chapman University 2017. |
| Relatives | Raghavan N. Iyer (father, deceased) Nandini Iyer (mother, deceased) Hiroko Takeuchi (wife) |
| Website | |
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Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer (born 11 February 1957), known as Pico Iyer, is an English-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.