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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.
Aug 13, 2024 · Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. Born: August 17, 1932, Trinidad. Died: August 11, 2018, London, England (aged 85) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (2001) Booker Prize (1971) Notable Works: “A Bend in the River” “A House for Mr. Biswas” “Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples” “Guerrillas” “Half a Life” “In a Free State”
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001 was awarded to Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul "for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories"
Aug 11, 2018 · Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001. Born: 17 August 1932, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. Died: 11 August 2018, London, United Kingdom. Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom.
Sir V (idiadhar) S (urajprasad) Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad, on 17 August 1932, the eldest son of a second-generation Indian. He was educated at Queen's Royal College, Trinidad, and, after winning a government scholarship, in England at University College, Oxford.
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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...
Aug 12, 2018 · Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born to a Hindu family in Chaguanas, 30 years before the island and its smaller neighbour, Tobago, declared independence from Britain.
