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V. S. Naipaul

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Trinidadian-British writer (1932-2018)

WritersLived 1932 to 2018 · aged 85
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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul 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.

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2001Nobel Prize in Literature
1993International Nonino Prize
1990Knight Bachelor
1983Jerusalem Prize
1971Booker Prize
1964Hawthornden Prize
1961Somerset Maugham Award
John Llewellyn Rhys Prize
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul 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.

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deceased
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Lived 1932 to 2018 · aged 85
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32 languages

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