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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Accessible book, Protected DAISY, Fiction, Description and travel, Travel, Social life and customs, Trinidadian Authors, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), East Indians, Naipaul, v. s. (vidiadhar surajprasad), 1932-2018, New York Times reviewed, Family, Journeys, Manners and customs, Biography, British, Colonies, Correspondence, Descriptions et voyages, Family relationships, Fathers and sons, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, historical, general, History, IslamPlaces
India, England, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Africa, Caribbean Area, Araby, Araby bazaar, London (England), North Richmond Street, Asia, Côte d'Ivoire, Islamic countries, London, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), Portugal, West Indies, ying guo, America, Buenos Aires, Caribbean area., Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), East Africa, El DoradoPeople
V. S. Naipaul (1932-), Mangan's sister, Alfred Doolittle, Colonel Pickering, Eliza Doolittle, Eva Perón (1919-1952), Evita, Freddy Eynsford Hill, Galatea, Henry Higgins, Mrs. Higgins, Peron, Pygmalion, Seepersad Naipaul, Tupamaros, V. S. Naipaul (1932-2018)Time
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- ISNI: 0000000121447969
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- Wikidata: Q44593
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