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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 (born August 17, 1932, Trinidad—died August 11, 2018, London, England) was a Trinidadian writer of Indian descent known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries.
V.S. Naipaul has 136 books on Goodreads with 219425 ratings. V.S. Naipaul’s most popular book is A House for Mr Biswas.
A Bend in the River is a 1979 novel by Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul. The novel, telling the story of Salim, a merchant in post-colonial mid-20th century Africa, is one of Naipaul's best known works and was widely praised.
Aug 11, 2018 · British author V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad, with family roots in India. At the age of 18, he left Trinidad for studies in the United Kingdom, where he ended up staying. Naipaul made his debut with the novel The Mysterious Masseur in 1957.
A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipaul's first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. It is the story of Mohun Biswas, a Hindu Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the influential Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by it, and who finally sets the ...
The Nobel Prize for literature has gone to someone who deserves it. Like the great masters of the past, V.S. Naipaul tells stories which show us ourselves and the reality we live in. His use of language is as precise as it is beautiful. Simple, strong words, with which to express the humanity of all of us.
Sir V. S. Naipaul. Fiction. Non-Fiction. Short Stories. Born: Chaguanas, Trinidad. Publishers: Picador. Agents: The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd. Biography. Sir V (idiadhar) S (urajprasad) Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad, on 17 August 1932, the eldest son of a second-generation Indian.
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...
V. S. Naipaul (1932-2018) was a Trinidadian British author of Indian descent, who was known for his fictional and non-fictional English works like The Mystic Masseur (1957), The Suffrage of Elvira (1958), Miguel Street (1959), and A House for Mr Biswas (1961). He published over thirty books in a career spanning more than five decades.
