Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul: Brittesche Schrëftsteller

S. Naipaul, gebuer de 17. August 1932 als Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul zu Chaguanas, Trinidad an Tobago, a gestuerwen den 11. August 2018 zu London, war e brittesche Schrëftsteller.

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
Pseudonym	V. S. Naipaul
Gebuer	17. August 1932
Gestuerwen	11. August 2018 London
Nationalitéit	Trinidad an Tobago, Vereenegt Kinnekräich
Aktivitéit	Schrëftsteller, Romancier, Journalist, Essayist
Member vun	American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Literature

Niewent senge Romaner ass den Naipaul bekannt fir seng Reesbicher, mat Beschreiwunge vu Géigenden a Kulturen uechter d'Welt.

1971 krut hien de Booker Prize fir säi Roman In a Free land an 2001 den Nobelpräis fir Literatur fir säi Gesamtwierk. Hien huet zanter 1950 an England gewunnt.

Prosa

Erzielungen, Novellen a Romaner

• The Mourners (Erzielung, 1950);
• The Enemy (Erzielung, 1955);
• The Mystic Masseur (Novelle, 1957);
• The Raffle (Erzielung, 1957);
• My Aunt Gold Teeth (Erzielung, 1957);
• The Suffrage of Elvira (1958);
• Miguel Street (1959)
• The Heart (Erzielung, 1960);
• A House for Mr Biswas (1961);
• The Baker's Story (Erzielung, 1962);
• The Night Watchman's Occurrence Book (Erzielung, 1962);
• Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion (1963)
• The Mimic Men (1967)
• A Flag on the Island (1967)
• In a Free State (1971)
• Guerillas (Roman, 1975);
• A Bend in the River (Roman, 1979);
• Finding the Centre (1984)
• The Enigma of Arrival (Roman, 1987);
• A Way in the World (1994)
• Half a Life (2001);
• Magic Seeds (2004);

Kritesch Texter

• Middle Passage: Impressions of Five Societies - British, French and Dutch in the West Indies an South America (1962); (Karibik)
• An Area of Darkness (Reesreportage, 1964);
• The Loss of El Dorado (1969); (Trinidad)
• India: A Wounded Civilization (1977); (Indien).
• A Congo Diary (1980) (Kongo)
• The Return of Eva Peron: With the Killings in Trinidad (1980)
• Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey (Reesreportage, 1981); (Islam)
• A Turn in the South (Reesreportage, 1989); Südstaate vun den USA)
• India: A Million Mutinies Now (1990);
• Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples (1998);
• Between Father and Son: Family Letters (1999)
• Reading & Writing: A Personal Account (2000);
• The Writer and the World: Essays (2002);
• Literary Occasions: Essays (2003)
• A Writer's People: Ways of Looking and Feeling (2007)
• The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief (Reesreportage, 2010);

• Patrick French: The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul. Random House 2008.