V.S.

Naipaul
(Vidiahdhar Surajprasad Naipaul)
Fig 1. V.S Naipaul, author unknown, from Nobel Media. ("The
Nobel Prize in Literature 2001". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB
2013. Web. 9 Apr 2014.)
Born on August 17, 1932
in Trinidad

Descendent of indentured labourers from India
Brahmin Caste
Scholarship for studies in England
Queens Royal College
Went to Oxford; failed a bunch; Patricia Ann Hale
Facts and What Not
Fig 2. Naipaul and his first wife, Pat, in South
London ("Sex, Truth and Vidia: Patrick
French's Biography of VS Naipaul." The
Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 22 Nov.
2008. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.)
Fig 3. Naipaul winning the Booker T
Prize. ("V S Naipaul." The Man Booker
Prizes. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.)
The Mystic Masseur (1957)
Miguel Street (1959)
A House for Mr Biswas (1961)
An Area of Darkness (1964)
In a Free State (1971)
Guerrillas (1975)
A Bend in the River (1979)
Half a Life (2001)

Post-colonialist. Quite celebrated.
Naipauls Life
Terrifyingly honest (Wheatcroft 2002)
There were things I had to say. (Naipaul 2012)
Booker T Prize (1971)
In a Free State
Nobel Prize in Literature (2001)
Awarded for for having united perceptive narrative and
incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the
presence of suppressed histories. (The Nobel Foundation)
His speech is a representation of him
Success and Sass
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2013. Web. 0 Apr 2014.
"Sex, Truth and Vidia: Patrick French's Biography of VS Naipaul." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media
Group, 22 Nov. 2008. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
"V S Naipaul." The Man Booker Prizes. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Apr. 2014
"V.S. Naipaul on the Arab Spring, Authors He Loathes, and the Books He Will Never Write."
Interview by Isaac Chotiner. The New Republic. The New Republic, 07 Dec. 2012. Web. 09 Apr. 2014.
Wheatcroft, Geoffrey. "A Terrifying Honesty." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, Feb. 2002.
Web. 09 Apr. 2014.
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