NAIPAUL, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad)

NAIPAUL, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad). British, b. 1932. Genres: Novels, History, Social commentary, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Freelance writer. Ed., Caribbean Voices, BBC, London, 1954-56; Reviewer, New Statesman, London, 1957-61. Recipient, Nobel Prize for Literature, 2001. Publications: The Mystic Masseur, 1957; The Suffrage of Elvira, 1958; Miguel Street, 1959; A House for Mr. Biswas, 1961; The Middle Passage: Impressions of Five Societies-British, French and Dutch-in the West Indies and South America, 1962; Mr. Stone and the Knights Companion, 1963; An Area of Darkness: An Experience of India, 1964; A Flag on the Island, 1967; The Mimic Men, 1967; The Loss of El Dorado: A History, 1969; In a Free State, 1971; The Overcrowded Barracoon: Selected Articles 1958-1972, 1972; Guerrillas, 1975; India: A Wounded Civilization, 1977; A Bend in the River, 1979; The Return of Eva Peron, 1980; Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, 1981; Finding the Centre: Two Narratives, 1984; The Enigma of Arrival, 1987; A Turn in the South, 1989; India: A Million Mutinies Now, 1990; A Way in the World (novel), 1994; Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions among the Converted Peoples, 1997; Letters, 1997; Between Father and Son: Family Letters, 1999; Reading & Writing: A Personal Account, 2000; Half a Life, 2001; The Writer and the World, 2002; Literary Occasions: Essays, 2003; Vintage Naipaul, 2004. Address: c/o Gillon Aitken Associates Ltd, 29 Fernshaw Rd, London SW10 0TG, England.