V. S. Naipaul
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V. S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian-British writer who lived from 1932 to 2018 and became one of the most significant literary figures of the late twentieth century. He is widely regarded as an important voice in postcolonial literature, known for exploring themes of displacement, cultural identity, and colonial legacies through his novels, essays, and travel writing.
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- 1932-08-17
- Died
- 2018-08-11
- Works
- 331
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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul FRAS TC (/ˈvɪdjɑːdər ˌsuːrədʒprəˈsɑːd ˈnaɪpɔːl, naɪˈpɔːl/; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his 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. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years.
Naipaul's breakthrough novel A House for Mr Biswas was published in 1961. Naipaul won the Booker Prize in 1971 for his novel In a Free State. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 1983, and was awarded the Trinity Cross, Trinidad and Tobago's highest national honour, in 1990. He received a knighthood in 1990, and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.
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