Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad "V. S." Naipaul, TC is a Nobel prize-winning Indo-Trinidadian-British writer who is known for his novels focusing on the legacy of the British Empire's colonialism. He has also written works of non-fiction, such as travel writing and essays. Naipaul has been called "a master of modern English prose" in The New York Review of Books and has been awarded numerous literary prizes including the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize , the Somerset Maugham Award , the Hawthornden Prize , the W. H. Smith Literary Award , the Booker Prize , the Jerusalem Prize and the David Cohen Prize... for a lifetime's achievement in British Literature . In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 2008, The Times ranked Naipaul seventh on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, to parents of Indian descent. He is the son, older brother, uncle, and cousin of published authors Seepersad Naipaul, Shiva Naipaul, Neil Bissoondath, and Vahni Capildeo, respectively. His current wife is Nadira Naipaul, a former Pakistani journalist.
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