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V. S. Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul
V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)

Sir 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. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years.

17 August 1932

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