Trinidadian-British · 1932–2018
V. S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian-born British writer of Indian descent, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language writers of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. His work spans fiction, travel writing, and cultural criticism, with persistent attention to postcolonial societies, displacement, and the psychology of civilization and decay.