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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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  • Cover of: India: A Million Mutinies Now [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2010] Naipaul, V S

    First published in 2010 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Una zona de oscuridad : el descubrimiento de la India

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    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Calypso: Essex

    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bi-medinah ḥofshit

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  • Cover of: ʻIḳul ba-nahar

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  • Cover of: Reḥov Migel: me-Anglit Ayalah Rahav

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  • Cover of: The overcrowded barracoon, and other articles

    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Guérilleros: roman

    First published in 1982 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bharat: Ek Aahat Sabhyata

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  • Cover of: The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book, and Other Comic Inventions

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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), East Indians, Fiction, general, Social life and customs, Caribbean area, fiction, Trinidadian Authors, Manners and customs, Descriptions et voyages, New York Times reviewed, Africa, fiction, British, Civilization, Colonies, Authors, Authors, caribbean, Correspondence, Essays (single author), Family, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, historical, general, History

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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