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BIOGRAPHY
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, novelist, was born in Trinidad. His father was a journalist. He was educated at Oxford, and following graduation he became a freelance writer. He worked for two years as a broadcaster for the BBC's Caribbean Voices. He was knighted in 1989.
Naipaul's first novel, THE MYSTIC MASSEUR, was published when he was 25. He has written several works that reflect his extensive travels such as INDIA: A WOUNDED CIVILIZATION and A BEND IN THE RIVER. He was awarded the Booker Prize for IN A FREE STATE.
CHRONOLOGY
1932 He was born in Trinidad.
1950 He won a scholarship to Oxford.
1954 He began working as a broadcaster for the BBC's Caribbean Voices.
1957 THE MYSTIC MASSEUR; He was a fiction reviewer for the NEW STATESMAN.
1958 THE SUFFRAGE OF ELVIRA
1959 MIGUEL STREET
1961 A HOUSE FOR MR BISWAS
1962 THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
1963 MR STONE AND THE KNIGHT'S COMPANION
1964 AN AREA OF DARKNESS
1967 A FLAG ON THE ISLAND; THE MIMIC MEN
1969 THE LOSS OF ELDORADO
1971 IN A FREE STATE
1972 THE OVERCROWDED BARRACOON AND OTHER ARTICLES
1975 GUERILLAS
1977 INDIA: A WOUNDED CIVILIZATION
1979 A BEND IN THE RIVER
1980 A CONGO DIARY; THE RETURN OF EVA PERON
1981 AMONG THE BELIEVERS: AN ISLAMIC JOURNEY
1984 FINDING THE CENTRE
1987 THE ENIGMA OF ARRIVAL
1989 A TURN IN THE SOUTH; He was knighted.
1990 INDIA: A MILLION MUTINIES NOW
1992 HOMELESS BY CHOICE
1994 A WAY IN THE WORLD; BOMBAY
1998 BEYOND BELIEF
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