N. VG Naipaul
Trinidadian-British novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. His fiction and travel writing explored the post-colonial condition with pitiless clarity, from the Caribbean to India to Africa, making him as controversial as he was celebrated.
Works
- A House for Mr BiswasTrinidadian man's lifelong quest for social status and personal dignity through property
- The Mimic MenNovel about Caribbean exiles reenacting colonial domination and personal ambition
- A Bend in the RiverPolitical tragedy set in post-colonial Africa exploring corruption and moral decline
- GuerrillasNovel examining revolutionary idealism and violence in post-colonial Caribbean
- The Enigma of ArrivalAutobiographical novel tracing a writer's journey from England to spiritual awakening