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V. S. Naipaul
AuthorBooks · Second hand1932-2018
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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About V. S. Naipaul
Birth
1932
Death
2018
First book
1957
Years writing
61
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.
V. S. Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad, and built a prolific career as a British-Trinidadian writer.
His masterpiece, A House for Mr. Biswas, published in 1961, marked a turning point in his literary career.
Over five decades, he published more than thirty books ranging from comic fiction to travel chronicles.
He was awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.
His legacy includes a remarkable variety of genres, excelling particularly in novels, essays, and travel writing.
