Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, T. C., známejší ako V. S. Naipaul, (* 17. august 1932, Chaguanas, Trinidad a Tobago  – † 11. august 2018, Londýn, Spojené kráľovstvo[1][2]) bol britský spisovateľ románov hindského pôvodu a indo-trinidadskej etnickej príslušnosti.

Nositeľ Nobelovej ceny
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
britský spisovateľ
Narodenie17. august 1932
Chaguanas, Trinidad a Tobago
Úmrtie11. august 2018 (85 rokov)
Londýn, Spojené kráľovstvo
Odkazy
Commons Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
 Biografický portál

Stručný životopis

Žil v Londýne a vo Wiltshiri v Anglicku. V roku 1990 mu kráľovná Alžbeta II. udelila rytiersky titul a v roku 2001 získal Nobelovu cenu za literatúru. Za knihu In a Free State (1971) získal cenu Booker Prize.

Dielo
Fikcia
  • The Mystic Masseur  (1957)
  • The Suffrage of Elvira  (1958)
  • Miguel Street  (1959)
  • A House for Mr Biswas  (1961)
  • Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion  (1963)
  • The Mimic Men  (1967)
  • A Flag on the Island  (1967)
  • In a Free State  (1971) - Booker Prize
  • Guerrillas  (1975)
  • A Bend in the River  (1979)
  • The Enigma of Arrival  (1987)
  • A Way in the World  (1994)
  • Half a Life  (2001)
  • The Nightwatchman's Occurrence Book: And Other Comic Inventions (Stories) – (2002)
  • Magic Seeds  (2004)
Ostatné
  • The Middle Passage: Impressions of Five Societies – British, French and Dutch in the West Indies and South America (1962)
  • An Area of Darkness (1964)
  • The Loss of El Dorado  (1969)
  • The Overcrowded Barracoon and Other Articles (1972)
  • India: A Wounded Civilization (1977)
  • A Congo Diary (1980)
  • The Return of Eva Perón and the Killings in Trinidad (1980)
  • Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey (1981)
  • Finding the Centre  (1984)
  • A Turn in the South (1989)
  • India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990)
  • Homeless by Choice (1992, spoluautori R. Jhabvala a Salman Rushdie)
  • Bombay (1994, spoluautor Raghubir Singh)
  • Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples (1998)
  • Between Father and Son: Family Letters (1999, editor Gillon Aitken)
  • Reading & Writing: A Personal Account (2000)
  • The Writer and the World: Essays  (2002)
  • Literary Occasions: Essays (2003, Pankaj Mishra)
  • A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling (2007)
  • The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief (2010)

Referencie
  1. Rachel Donadio. V.S. Naipaul, Delver of Colonialism Through Unsparing Books, Dies at 85 [online]. 11 August 2018, [cit. 2018-08-11]. Dostupné online.
  2. Richard Lea. VS Naipaul, Nobel prize-winning British author, dies aged 85 [online]. 11 August 2018, [cit. 2018-08-11]. Dostupné online.

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