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V. S. Naipaul

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, won an Open National Scholarship from Queen's Royal College and went on to become a world famous novelist, winning the Nobel Laureate for Literature in the year 2001. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from University College, Oxford in 1953, and four years later published his first book The Mystic Masseur, made into film by Ismail Merchant in 2001. In 1961 he published A House for Mr. Biswas, a novel autobiographical in its nature. Some of his other works include The Guerillas(1975),The Middle Passage(1962) A Bend in the River(1979), Among the Believers(1981), The Enigma of Arrival (1987), India: A Million Mutinies Now(1990),Beyond Belief(1998) and Half a Life(2001). In 1990 he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth and in 1992 Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was awarded the Trinity Cross for services to the nation.

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Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)

Born 1932
Died 2018

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Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)

Born 1932
Died 2018
Subjects
Fiction, Description and travel, Travel, Naipaul, v. s. (vidiadhar surajprasad), 1932-2018, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Social life and customs, East Indians, Caribbean area, fiction, Trinidadian Authors, Manners and customs, Descriptions et voyages, New York Times reviewed, Africa, fiction, British, Authors, caribbean, Civilization, Colonies, Correspondence, Essays (single author), Family, Fiction, historical, general, History, Islam, Journeys
Places
India, England, Trinidad, Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Area, London (England), Araby, Araby bazaar, London, North Richmond Street, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Portugal, Asia, Congo (Democratic Republic), Côte d'Ivoire, Islamic countries, Southern States, West Indies, ying guo, America, Buenos Aires, Caribbean area., Congo, East Africa
People
V. S. Naipaul (1932-), Mangan's sister, Seepersad Naipaul, V. S. Naipaul (1932-2018), Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Eva Perón (1919-1952), Evita, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, Henry Higgins, Mrs. Higgins, Peron, Pygmalion, Tupamaros
Time
20th century, 1865-, 20e siècle, Siglo XX, xian dai, 1912, 1947-, 1960s, Around the early Seventies

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