NAIPAUL, V. S.

(Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul)nīpôlˈ, 1932–, English author, b. Chaguanas, Trinidad; grad. University College, Oxford, 1953. Naipul, whose family is descended from Indian Brahmins, has lived in England since 1950. A master of English prose style, he is known for his penetrating analyses of alienation and exile. In fiction and essays marked by stylistic virtuosity and psychological insight, he often focuses on his childhood and his travels beyond Trinidad. Writing with increasing irony and pessimism, he has often bleakly detailed the dual problems of the Third World: the oppressions of colonialism and the chaos of postcolonialism.

Among Naipaul's works of international analysis are The Middle Passage (1962), about the West Indies and South America, and an Indian trilogy: An Area of Darkness (1964), India: A Wounded Civilization (1977), and India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990). His novels include The Mystic Masseur (1957), A House for Mr. Biswas (1961), In a Free State (1971; Booker Prize), Guerrillas (1975), A Bend in the River (1979), and Half a Life (2001), and he has also written numerous short stories. Among his other works are The Enigma of Arrival (1987) and A Way in the World (1994), autobiographical works combining novel, memoir, and history; Among the Believers (1981) and Beyond Belief (1998), analyses of modern Islam; and many political essays, a representative sample of which are collected in The Writer and the World (2002). Naipaul was knighted in 1990 and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001.

See his early letters in Between Father and Son: Family Letters (2000), ed. by G. Aitken; F. Jussawalla, ed., Conversations with V. S. Naipaul (1997); biographies by R. D. Hamner (1973) and R. Kelly (1989); studies by P. Theroux (1972 and 1998), R. D. Hamner, ed. (1979), P. Nightingale (1987), P. Hughes (1988), T. F. Weiss (1992), W. Dissanayake (1993), B. A. King (1993), J. Levy (1995), F. Mustafa (1995), R. Nixon (1997), N. Ramadevi (1997), A. J. Khan (1998), and L. Feder (2000).

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V.S. Naipaul and the West Indies
Book by Dolly Zulakha Hassan; Peter Lang, 1989
Subjects: Naipaul, V. S--(Vidiadhar Surajprasad)--1932---Knowledge--West Indies, West Indies--In Literature
V.S. Naipaul and the West Indies American University...Main Paris Dolly Zulakha Hassan V.S. Naipaul and the West Indies PETER LANG...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hassan, Dolly Zulakha, V.S. Naipaul and the West Indies. American university...
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After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, Rushdie
Book by Michael Edward Gorra; University of Chicago Press, 1997
Subjects: Anglo-Indian Fiction--History And Criticism, Decolonization In Literature, English Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Imperialism In Literature, India--In Literature, Indic Fiction (English)--History And Criticism, Naipaul, V. S--(Vidiadhar Surajprasad)--1932---Knowledge--India, National Characteristics, British, In Literature, Rushdie, Salman--Midnight's Children, Scott, Paul--1920---Raj Quartet
...Scott, Paul, 1920- Raj quartet. 3. Naipaul, V. S. Vidiadhar Surajprasad , 1932...15 2 V. S. Naipaul: In His Fathers House 62...from many conversations about V. S. Naipaul with Bridget Laffler. Elizabeth...
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T.S. Eliot
Book by Angus Calder; Harvester, 1987
Subjects: Eliot, T. S--(Thomas Stearns)--1888-1965--Criticism And Interpretation, Poetry, Modern--20th Century, Poets, English
T.S. Eliot -ii- T.S. Eliot Angus Calder Staff Tutor in Arts The Open University in Scotland...1987 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Calder, Angus T.S. Eliot.-- Harvester new readings 1. Eliot, T.S.--Criticism and interpretation...
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Exiting the Whirlpool: U.S. Foreign Policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean
Book by Robert A. Pastor; Westview Press, 2001
Subjects: Caribbean Area--Foreign Relations--United States, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1989, United States--Foreign Relations--1989-1993, United States--Foreign Relations--1993-, United States--Foreign Relations--Caribbean Area, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...in the end, after the heady speeches and token deportations, to a continuing order. The chaos lies all within. V. S. NAIPAUL , THE MIMIC MEN CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures viii...
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The U.S. Media and the Middle East: Image and Perception
Book by Yahya R. Kamalipour, George Gerbner; Praeger, 1995
...critically acclaimed fiction as V. S. Naipaul A Bend in the River and John Updike...culture views them compared with U.S. standards. For example, individuality...there are many other examples of U.S.-Middle East differences in value...
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Doomed to Smallness: Violence, V. S. Naipaul, and the Global South
Journal article by Pablo Mukherjee; Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Cultural relativism--Analysis, Decolonization--Analysis, Developing countries--Analysis, Naipaul, V.S.--Criticism and interpretation, Neocolonialism--Analysis, Violence--Usage
Doomed to Smallness: Violence, V. S. Naipaul, and the Global South. by...traces the cultural authority of V S. Naipauls essays and travel writing to his...See Rob Nixon, London Calling: V. S. Naipaul, Postcolonial Mandarin (Oxford...
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Anger and the Alchemy of Literary Method in V. S. Naipaul's Political Fiction: The Case of the Mimic Men
Journal article by Robert M. Greenberg; Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 46, 2000
Subjects: Developing countries--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Fiction--Political aspects, Naipaul, V.S.--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nationalism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Postcolonialism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Race relations--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Mimic Men (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the Alchemy of Literary Method in V. S. Naipauls Political Fiction: The Case of...by ROBERT M. GREENBERG V. S. Naipauls fiction and nonfiction since the...down once, hell do it again" ("V S. Naipaul" 447). Twenty-five years of age...
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V. S. Naipaul and the Political Correctness Debate
Journal article by Graham Huggan; College Literature, Vol. 21, 1994
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
V. S. Naipaul and the Political Correctness Debate...mine, working at the time on a thesis on V. S. Naipaul, and exasperated at the lack of help she...Warburg, 1986 . Cudjoe, Selwyn. V. S. Naipaul . Amherst: U of Massachusetts P, 1988...
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The Consumer Interest in the 1990s and Beyond
Journal article by James S. Turner; Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 29, 1995
Subjects: Clean Air Act, Consumption (Economics)--Analysis, Economics--United States, Global Paradox (Book)--Excerpts, Inventing America: Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (Book)--Evaluation, Jefferson, Thomas--Authorship, Kennedy, John F.--Social policy, Naipaul, V.S.--Authorship, Naisbitt, John--Authorship, Petersen, John L.--Authorship, Smith, Adam--Authorship, The Consumer Movement (Book)--Excerpts, The Road to 2015: Profiles of the Future (Book)--Excerpts, United States--History, Warne, Colston--Authorship, Wills, Garry--Authorship
...Wills 1978, 250). V. S. Naipaul, the highly acclaimed British...case of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, Supreme Court...protecting contracts (U.S. Constitution, Article I...MOBIUS, 8(4, Fall): 8. Naipaul, V. S. (1990), "Our Universal...
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The Garden Trampled: Or, the Liquidation of African Culture in V.S. Naipaul's a Bend in the River
Journal article by Christopher Wise; College Literature, Vol. 23, 1996
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
...Liquidation of African Culture in V.S. Naipauls A Bend in the River CHRISTOPHER...impact on both Chinua Achebe and V.S. Naipaul has been copiously documented by...Rob Nixon s London Calling: V.S. Naipaul, Post-colonial Mandarin . Many of...
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Terrifying Honesty: V.S. Naipaul Is Certainly No Liberal - and Herein Lies His Importance
Magazine article by Geoffrey Wheatcroft; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, February 2002
Subjects: Naipaul, V.S., Writers
Terrifying Honesty: V.S. Naipaul Is Certainly No Liberal - and Herein...Prize for Literature was awarded to V. S. Naipaul. Like the Bollingen judges, the...been the elder brothers motto also. V. S. Naipaul says that he travels out of a need...
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The Sum of His Books: Edward Said Denounced V S Naipaul as a "Native Informer", and Even His Warmest Admirers Have Struggled to Defend His Recent Inflammatory Utterances. but Surely No One Can Deny That He Is One of the World's Greatest Writers, Argues Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Magazine article by Geoffrey Wheatcroft; New Statesman, Vol. 133, February 2, 2004
Subjects: Authors--Appreciation, Authors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Naipaul, V.S.--Appreciation, Naipaul, V.S.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Writers--Appreciation, Writers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...His Books: Edward Said Denounced V S Naipaul as a "Native Informer", and Even...Geoffrey Wheatcroft When V S Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for...doubtless be fascinating. All the same, V S Naipaul illustrates more than any other...
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Books & Critics - Books: A Terrifying Honesty - V. S. Naipaul Is Certainly No Liberal-And Herein Lies His Importance
Magazine article by Geoffrey Wheatcroft; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 289, February 2002
Subjects: Authors--Criticism and interpretation, Books--Criticism and interpretation, Literary prizes--Political aspects, Naipaul, V.S.--Criticism and interpretation, Nobel prizes--Political aspects, Writers--Criticism and interpretation
...Books: A Terrifying Honesty - V. S. Naipaul Is Certainly No Liberal-And Herein...Prize for Literature was awarded to V. S. Naipaul. Like the Bollingen judges, the...the elder brothers motto also. V. S. Naipaul says that he travels out of a need...
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Diary: Before V S Naipaul Would Come to Dinner, He Dictated the Menu and Said He Always Drank Champagne
Magazine article by Mario Vargas Llosa; New Statesman, Vol. 131, March 25, 2002
Subjects: Authors--Personal narratives, Naipaul, V.S.--Conduct of life, United Kingdom--Politics and government, Vargas Llosa, Mario--Personal narratives
Diary: Before V S Naipaul Would Come to Dinner, He Dictated the Menu and Said He Always Drank...Itis the art of manipulation. I was delighted when my old friend V S Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature. What an amusing character! I once...
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The Authorised V.S. Naipaul
Magazine article by Stephen Wade; Contemporary Review, Vol. 291, Spring 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul (Biography)--Book reviews
The Authorised V.S. Naipaul. by Stephen Wade The...Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul. Patrick French. Picador. pounds...book, Miguel Street, in the 1950s. V.S. Naipaul has been a major presence in the...
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Mining Naipaul; A Deeper Look into One of Our Most Irritable Modern Writers
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 25, 2002
Subjects: Naipaul, V. S.
...Birkerts, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Ive been reading V.S. Naipauls "The Writer and the World: Essays" and I believe Ive...month. +++++ THE WRITER AND THE WORLD: ESSAYS By V.S. Naipaul Introduced and edited by Pankaj Mishra Knopf $30...
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Actors Create Exotic Fun with Naipaul in 'Masseur'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 17, 2002
Subjects: Merchant, Ismail, Naipaul, V.S.
...Ismail Merchant has dipped into the V.S. Naipaul inventory and emerged with an enjoyable...readers that there was a less austere V.S. Naipaul at the beginning of his literary...Phillips, based on the novel by V.S. Naipaul. RUNNING TIME: 117 minutes MAXIMUM...
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England's Greatest and the Wife He 'Killed '; Outspoken: V. S. Naipaul Is Always Denouncing Someone or Something
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 18, 2008
...the Wife He Killed ; Outspoken: V. S. Naipaul Is Always Denouncing Someone or...IS: THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF V.S. NAIPAUL BYPATRICK FRENCH (PICADOR, pounds...shudder. It isan awesome achievement. V. S. Naipaul, Sir Vidiawinner of just about every...
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The Fiction of Revolution
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 23, 2005
Subjects: Chandran, Willie, Naipaul, V. S.
...Revolution. Byline: Steve Goode, THE WASHINGTON TIMES V. S. Naipauls new novel, "Miracle Seeds," is the second installment...book, and his other work as well. +++++ MAGIC SEEDS By V. S. Naipaul Knopf, $25, 280 pages
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The Critics; PRIZE FIGHTER: Naipaul Has Been Showered with Honours, but His Humanity Has Taken a Beating
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 20, 2008
Subjects: Poetry
...Is: The Authorized Biography Of V. S. Naipaul byPatrick French Picador pounds...sterling18 inc p p ( 0845 606 4213) When V.S. Naipaul was a little boy, his father, who...Poor Margaret, she fell inlove with V. S. Naipaul and now he beats her, observed a...
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encyclopedia articles on: Naipaul V S  - 4 results

 
 
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Naipaul, V. S
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NAIPAUL, V. S. (Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul)nipol , 1932 , English author...Letters (2000), ed. by G. Aitken; F. Jussawalla, ed., Conversations with V. S. Naipaul (1997); biographies by R. D. Hamner (1973), R. Kelly (1989), and P. French...
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Nobel Prizes
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Barry Sharpless Eric A. Cornell Wolfgang Ketterle Carl E. Wieman Leland H. Hartwell R. Timothy Hunt Sir Paul M. Nurse V. S. Naipaul 2002 Jimmy Carter John B. Fenn Koichi Tanaka Kurt Wuthrich Raymond Davis, Jr. Masatoshi Koshiba Riccardo Giacconi...
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Man Booker Prize
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which was renamed. Recipients of the award have included V. S. Naipaul , Nadine Gordimer , Iris Murdoch , Salman Rushdie , A. S. Byatt , J. M. Coetzee , Margaret Atwood , Peter...
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El Dorado , Legendary Country of South America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1893, repr. 1962); G. Arciniegas, The Knight of El Dorado (tr. 1942); R. Silverberg, The Golden Dream (1967); V. S. Naipaul, The Loss of El Dorado (1970). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...


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