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V. S. Naipaul - Wikipedia. Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul [nb 1] FRAS TC ( / ˈvɪdjɑːdər ˌsuːrədʒprəˈsɑːd ˈnaɪpɔːl, naɪˈpɔːl /; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Trinidadian-born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English.
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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Born in Trinidad in 1932, the descendant of indentured labourers shipped from India, this dispossessed child of the Raj has come on a long and marvellous journey. His upbringing familiarised him with every sort of deprivation, material and cultural. A scholarship to Oxford brought him to this country.
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.
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A biography of the Trinidadian-born writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. Learn about his life, works, themes, awards and critical perspective.
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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...
V.S. Naipaul has 131 books on Goodreads with 219301 ratings. V.S. Naipaul’s most popular book is A House for Mr Biswas.
