Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, won an Open National Scholarship from Queen's Royal College and went on to become a world famous novelist, winning the Nobel Laureate for Literature in the year 2001. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from University College, Oxford in 1953, and four years later published his first book The Mystic Masseur, made into film by Ismail Merchant in 2001. In 1961 he published A House for Mr. Biswas, a novel autobiographical in its nature. Some of his other works include The Guerillas(1975),The Middle Passage(1962) A Bend in the River(1979), Among the Believers(1981), The Enigma of Arrival (1987), India: A Million Mutinies Now(1990),Beyond Belief(1998) and Half a Life(2001). In 1990 he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth and in 1992 Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was awarded the Trinity Cross for services to the nation.
V. S. Naipaul
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V.S. Naĭpaul, Видиядхар Сураджпрасад Найпол, وی ایس . نیپاول, and 48 others
V. S. 나이폴, Vidiadhar Naipaul, Vedladhar Surajprasad Naipaul, فيديادر سوراجبراساد نيبول, V. S ナイポール, Відзьядхар Сураджпрасад Найпал, Відьядхар Сураджпрасад Найпол, V.S. Naipaul, Fī. As Nībūl, V. S. Naipols, В. С Найпол, ف. س. نايبول،, ವಿ. ಎಸ್. ನೈಪಾಲ್, विद्याधर सूरजप्रसाद नैपाल, וידיאדר סורג'פרסאד נייפול, Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, व्ही.एस. नायपॉल, V.S. Najpol, Vidiadhar S. Naipaul, V. S. Naĭpol, Վիդիադհար Սուրաջպրասադ Նայփոլ, Найпол, V・S・ナイポール, V. S. Naipaul, V·S·奈波爾, Відыядхар Сураджпрасад Найпал, Vidiahar Surajprasad Naipaul, বিদ্যাধর সূর্যপ্রসাদ নাইপল, வி. சூ. நைப்பால், ودیادہر سورجپراسد نےپال, V. S Naipaul, Видиадхар Сураджпрасад Найпол, Vidiadxar Suracprasad Naypol, വി.എസ്. നൈപോൾ, ו. ס נאיפול, Βιντιαντάρ Σουρατζπρασάντ Νάιπολ, Найпаул, Vidijadhars Suradžprasads Naipols, Naipaul, وی. اس. نایپل, ਵੀ ਐਸ ਨੈਪਾਲ, V. S. Nāyapāṃla, Vidiadkhar Suradzhprasad Naĭpol, Нейпол, V. S Naĭpol, విద్యాధర్ సూరజ్ ప్రసాద్ నైపాల్, Видјадар Сураџпрасад Најпол, วี เอส ไนพอล - Born:
- Feb. 3, 1932
- Died:
- Feb. 3, 2018
