About
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, born on 17 August 1932 in Trinidad, was a writer of Indian descent. Awarded a scholarship to Oxford in 1950, he settled in England. His novel A House for Mr Biswas (1961) is widely regarded as a masterpiece. He won the Booker Prize in 1971 for In a Free State, was knighted in 1990, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 for works revealing 'suppressed histories'. He died in London on 11 August 2018.
* 1932-08-17 — † 2018-08-11
Major works
- A House for Mr Biswas (1961)novel
- In a Free State (1971)novel
- A Bend in the River (1979)novel
- An Area of Darkness (1964)travelogue
- India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990)travelogue
Key milestones
- 1950Won a scholarship to University College, Oxford.
- 1990Knighted for services to literature.
- 2001Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Themes
Post-colonialismIdentityExileHistoryTravel
Sources: beta.nobelprize.org · britannica.com · thebookerprizes.com
