"The best way our society can embrace Sir Vidia is for people to read his works and (understand) how he reflected on the condition of our society."
He is the recipient of numerous honours, including the Man Booker Prize in 1971 and a knighthood for services to literature in 1990. Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
Noble Prize-winning author VS Naipaul breathed his last on Saturday, August 11, at his home in London at the age of 85.
Lady Naipaul confirmed that her husband had died peacefully in London, surrounded by those he loved on Saturday.
In addition to the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001, VS Naipaul also won the Booker Prize in 1971, and was considered one of the most important writers in the English language of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Jaipur: After Nobel Laureate V S Naipaul penned books on India with titles such as “An Area of Darkness” and “A Wounded Civilisation,” his mother asked him to leave India and write on other subjects,
Mumbai, Nov 1, 2012: Nobel laureate VS Naipaul has flatly declared he would no longer write about India or its people, giving a shock to the who's who of Mumbai's literary circles and glitterati at
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