Naipaul

American  

[nahy-pawl] / ˈnaɪˌpɔl /

noun

1. V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad), 1932–2018, English novelist and nonfiction writer, born in Trinidad.

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Naipaul British  

/ naɪˈpɔːl /

noun

1. Sir V ( idiadhar ) S ( urajprasad ). born 1932, Trinidadian novelist of Indian descent, living in Britain. His works include A House for Mr Biswas (1961), In a Free State (1971), which won the Booker Prize, A Bend in the River (1979), The Enigma of Arrival (1987), and Beyond Belief (1998): Nobel prize for literature 2001

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Example Sentences

Naipaul; spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron, science thrillers by Michael Crichton and Caro’s nonfiction epics.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

“All the later books in a way to some extent depend on her,” Naipaul told Mr. French.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

And then came the Naipaul book, published in 2008.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

The positions offered by Gisborne, Hawthorne and Naipaul are indicative of the expectations placed upon women in the literary marketplace and are very much tied to issues around the relationship between worth, taste and power.

From Salon • Sep. 18, 2021

His publishing house India Ink represented big names in the literary field, and he counted Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy and Nobel laureate VS Naipaul among his close friends.

From BBC • May 27, 2021