Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad, Sir
Born: Aug 17, 1932 AD
Currently alive, at 75 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Currently alive, at 75 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
1932 - Born on the 17th of August in Chaguanas,Trinidad.
1960 - He made attempts over the decades to identify his ancestral village in India.
1971 - He became the first Person of Indian origin to win a Booker Prize for his book In a Free State.
1998 - He published the Paul Theroux a controversial Memior.
2001 - He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- His works praised by the Swedish Academy for having a united perceptive narrative.
1960 - He made attempts over the decades to identify his ancestral village in India.
1971 - He became the first Person of Indian origin to win a Booker Prize for his book In a Free State.
1998 - He published the Paul Theroux a controversial Memior.
2001 - He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- His works praised by the Swedish Academy for having a united perceptive narrative.
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