A House for Mr Biswas

About The Author:

V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at University College, Oxford, he began to write, and since then has followed no other profession. He has published more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including Half a Life, A House for Mr. Biswas, A Bend in the River, and a collection of letters, Between Father and Son. In 2001 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Name:V. S. Naipaul

Also Known As:Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (full name)

Current Home:Wiltshire, England

Date of Birth:August 17, 1932

Place of Birth:Chaguanas, Trinidad

Education:Queen's Royal College, Trinidad, 1943-48; B.A., University College, Oxford, 1953

Awards:Nobel Prize for Literature, 2001

V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at University College, Oxford, he began to write, and since then has followed no other profession. He has published more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including Half a Life, A House for Mr. Biswas, A Bend in the River, and a collection of letters, Between Father and Son. In 2001 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Author biography courtesy of Random House, Inc.