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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul FRAS TC (/ ˈ v ɪ d j ɑː d ər ˌ s uː r ə dʒ p r ə ˈ s ɑː d ˈ n aɪ p ɔː l, n aɪ ˈ p ɔː l /; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Trinidadian-born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of ...
May 18, 2024 · V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian writer of Indian descent who was known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries. For these revelations of what the Swedish Academy called ‘suppressed histories,’ Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
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Aug 11, 2018 · Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001. Born: 17 August 1932, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. Died: 11 August 2018, London, United Kingdom.
A biography of the Trinidadian-born writer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. Explore his fiction and non-fiction works, themes, awards and critical perspective.
- Chaguanas, Trinidad
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Aug 11, 2018 · V.S. Naipaul, the Nobel laureate who documented the migrations of peoples, the unraveling of the British Empire, the ironies of exile and the clash between belief and unbelief in more than a...
Aug 11, 2018 · Perhaps best known for his novel A Bend in the River, V.S. Naipaul was a controversial figure in the literary world. The Nobel Prize-winning writer died on Saturday at his London home, the...
Interview with the 2001 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Sir V. S. Naipaul, by Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, 12 December 2001.
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