V. S. Naipaul - Wikipedia
WEBV. S. Naipaul. 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.
V.S. Naipaul | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
WEBMar 28, 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.
Sir V. S. Naipaul - Literature - British Council
WEBHis acclaimed novel A House for Mr Biswas (1961), is based on his father's life in Trinidad. His first novel set in England, Mr Stone and the Knights Companion (1963), won the Hawthornden Prize.
VS Naipaul obituary | VS Naipaul | The Guardian
WEBAug 12, 2018 · VS Naipaul obituary. Nobel prizewinning writer of novels, short stories and bleak accounts of displaced people starting from his own experience in his native Trinidad. The greatest literary...
Books by V.S. Naipaul (Author of A House for Mr Biswas) - Goodreads
WEBShowing 30 distinct works. « previous 1 2 3 4 5 next » sort by. « previous 1 2 3 4 5 next » * Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more books, click …
V.S. Naipaul, a Writer of Many Contradictions and Obvious …
WEBAug 12, 2018 · V.S. Naipaul, the Nobel laureate who died at 85 on Saturday, had so many gifts as a writer — suppleness, wit, an unsparing eye for detail — that he could seemingly do whatever he wanted. What he...
The Guardian view on VS Naipaul: a complicated man and a …
WEBAug 12, 2018 · V S Naipaul, who has died aged 85, exemplified a very current preoccupation: whether an author’s personality can be separated from his or her reputation as an artist.
V.S. Naipaul, Who Explored Colonialism Through Unsparing Books, Dies …
WEBAug 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...
Memories of V. S. Naipaul | The New Yorker
WEBAug 24, 2018 · Memories of V. S. Naipaul. By Paul Theroux. August 24, 2018. What every aspiring writer yearns for is the approval of an older established writer; to be told “Yes, you have it, just persevere...
V. S. Naipaul - Wikiwand
WEBSir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul 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 alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels.
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