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V. S. Naipaul's Biography

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul Kt. TC (born August 17, 1932, in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago), commonly known as V. S. Naipaul, is a British novelist and essayist of Indo-Trinidadian descent. He is widely considered to be one of the masters of modern English prose. He has been awarded numerous literary prizes including the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize (1958), the Somerset Maugham Award (1960), the Hawthornden Prize (1964), the W. H. Smith Literary Award (1968), the Booker Prize (1971), and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature (1993). V. S. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001, the centenary year of the award.

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    News Source: Sify News | 5 days ago
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    News Source: Chowk | about 1 month ago
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    News Source: Salem News | about 1 month ago
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  • Amitava Kumar « Between the Lines
    Blog Source: jkneilson.wordpress.com | about 1 month ago
    V.S. Naipaul has been called the finest writer of the English sentence. But that is not why he has occupied the highest place on my private pedestal. I have been drawn to him by his power of observation, the ability to convey to his ...
  • The Zen Leaf: Sunday Salon: Readathon Wrapup
    Blog Source: zenleaf.blogspot.com | about 1 month ago
    In a Free State by V.S. Naipaul, The Bone People by Keri Hulme, and Dream Homes by Joyce Zonana (all recommended by Chris); The Book of Secrets by M.G. Vassanji (recommended by Gavin); Gray Horses by Hope Larson (recommended by Eva); ...
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    Blog Source: rosecityreader.blogspot.com | about 1 month ago
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