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Naipaul

American  
[nahy-pawl] / ˈnaɪˌpɔl /

noun

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


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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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

Naipaul and Samuel Selvon, was filtered through his experience as a young man in London, where he published his first novel, “In the Castle of My Skin,” in 1953.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2022

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

Mr Tejpal also set up the publishing house India Ink and counted Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy and Nobel laureate VS Naipaul among his close friends.

From BBC May 21, 2021

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