V. S. Naipaul - Wikipedia
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul [nb 1] 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 ...
V.S. Naipaul | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
Dec 26, 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.
V.S. Naipaul, Controversial Author And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85
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...
V. S. Naipaul Wiki, Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More
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.
V. S. Naipaul – Biographical - NobelPrize.org
Naipaul has written about slavery, revolution, guerrillas, corrupt politicians, the poor and the oppressed, interpreting the rages so deeply rooted in our societies. Long before others, he began to report on the irrational frenzy loosed these past two decades by religion in the Islamic world from Iran to Indonesia and Pakistan.
V. S. Naipaul Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life
V. S. Naipaul was a Nobel Prize-winning British writer best known for his bleak novels set in developing countries. This biography of V. S. Naipaul provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.
V. S. Naipaul Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography
Aug 11, 2018 · In 1955, V. S Naipaul wrote a story of about 3000 words based on his childhood memory of his neighbour in Port of Spain’s street. The story touched his fellow writers John Stockbridge, Andrew Salkey, and Gordon Woolford, who later encouraged him to write more often and publish books.
V.S. Naipaul, Who Explored Colonialism Through Unsparing Books, Dies …
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 – Facts - NobelPrize.org
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.
Naipaul (Sir Vidia Naipaul), V.S. - Royal Society of Literature
V.S. Naipaul was a prolific Indo-Trinidadian writer who published 30 books in a career spanning 50 years. While he wrote complex political novels, travel books, essays and non-fiction, his comic novels set in Trinidad, like Miguel Street and A House for Mr Biswas, are still probably his most famous and loved.
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