V. S. Naipaul

Born

August 17, 1932

Died

August 11, 2018 (aged 85)

Known as

writer, novelist, journalist, essayist, short story writer, travel writer

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-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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