Pico Iyer
This article appears to be written like an advertisement. Please help improve it by rewriting promotional content from a neutral point of view and removing any inappropriate external links. (December 2013) Pico Iyer Born Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer (1957-02-11) 11 February 1957 (age 58) Oxford, England Occupation Essayist, novelist Genre Non-fiction/fiction Notable awards Guggenheim Fellowship, 2005 Relatives Raghavan N. Iyer (father, deceased) Nandini Iyer (mother) Hiroko Takeuchi (wife) Website picoiyerjourneys.com Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer (born 11 February 1957), known as Pico Iyer, is a British-born essayist and novelist of Indian origin. He is the author of numerous books on crossing cultures including Video Night in Kathmandu, The Lady and the Monk and The Global Soul. An essayist for Time since 1986, he also publishes regularly in Harper's, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and many other publications.