V. S. NAIPAUL

2001 Nobel Laureate in Literature

for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories.

Background

• Born: August 17, 1932
• Place of birth: Chaguanas, Trinidad
• Residence: Great Britain
• Education:
  • University College at Oxford, B.A. 1953

• A House for Mr. Biswas

• A Bend in the River
• Beyond Belief : Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples
• Guerrillas
• A Way in the World
• The Enigma of Arrival
• India: A Million Mutinies Now
• The Mystic Masseur
• Other Books by V. S. Naipaul
• Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents by Paul Theroux 1998
• Conversations With V. S. Naipaul (Literary Conversations Series) by Feroza Jussawalla (Editor) (1997)
• Self and Colonial Desire : Travel Writings of V.S. Naipaul (Studies of World Literature in English, Vol 2) by Wimal Dissanayake, Carmen Wickramagamage (1993)

• The Swedish Academy press release
• Bio and bibliography

  Search WWW Search The Nobel Prize Internet Archive

• In a Free State (review) (submitted by Danny Yee)
• V.S. Naipaul Archives at UTulsa (submitted by Serafin Roldan-Santiago)
• New York Times: Authors in Depth: V.S. Naipaul (submitted by Gradiva Couzin)
• V. S. Naipaul Archive at U of Tulsa (submitted by Serafin Roldan)
• VS Naipaul: An Overview (submitted by Davis)
• Literature 2001 (submitted by Johns)
• A Brief Biography (submitted by Maxim)
• V. S. Naipaul (submitted by Rena)
• V. S. Naipaul Bibliography (submitted by WEW)
• Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul – Biography in english (submitted by roman)
• Sir V.S. Naipaul Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)
• Magic Seeds by V.S.Naipaul (submitted by George)
• Union nation and Koffi Annan Biography (submitted by Dr Stéphane Delajoux)

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