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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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Born 1932
Died 2018

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  • Cover of: The mystic masseur

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  • Cover of: The Middle Passage: Impressions of Five Societies -- British, French and Dutch -- in the West Indies

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  • Cover of: India: a million mutinies now

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  • Cover of: The Mimic men

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  • Cover of: The suffrage of Elvira

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  • Cover of: A flag on the island

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  • Cover of: An area of darkness

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  • Cover of: A bend in the river

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  • Cover of: Guerrillas

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  • Cover of: Among the believers: an Islamic journey

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  • Cover of: Mr. Stone and the knights companion

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  • Cover of: A WAY IN THE WORLD: A Sequence

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  • Cover of: In a free state

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  • Cover of: The loss of El Dorado: a history

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  • Cover of: A turn in the South

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  • Cover of: Beyo nd belief: Islamic excursions among the converted peoples

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    First published in 1997 — 6 editions
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Born 1932
Died 2018

Subjects

Fiction, Description and travel, Travel, Naipaul, v. s. (vidiadhar surajprasad), 1932-2018, East Indians, Social life and customs, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Trinidadian Authors, Caribbean area, fiction, Manners and customs, Descriptions et voyages, New York Times reviewed, Africa, fiction, British, Civilization, Colonies, Authors, Authors, caribbean, Biography, Correspondence, Essays (single author), Family, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general

Places

England, India, Africa, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean Area, London (England), Portugal, Araby, Araby bazaar, London, North Richmond Street, Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago), 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, V. S. Naipaul (1932-2018), Seepersad Naipaul, 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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  • Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
  • V. S Naipaul
  • V.S. Naipaul
  • V S Naipaul
  • V.s. Naipaul
  • Sir V. S. Naipaul
  • V. S. Naipaul,V.S. Naipaul
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  • V. S. Naipaul (author)

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