V.S. Naipaul: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Patrick French, The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul (2008).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: BBC Sounds - Desert Island Discs - V S Naipaul. Oct 12, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - V.S. Naipaul. Oct 10, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 13, 2026
Anniversary information added. Aug 07, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - V.S. Naipaul: A Bibliographical Update (1987-94) (PDF). Apr 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Columbia International Affairs Online - V.S. Naipaul: From Gadfly to Obsessive. Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Desert Island Discs - V S Naipaul. Dec 26, 2024
Add new Web site: Caricom - Vidiadhar Surajpra-sad Naipaul. Oct 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Independent - VS Naipaul: Nobel prize-winning master of prose who attracted praise and scorn in equal measure. Jul 10, 2024
Add new Web site: BridgeWater State University Review - V.S. Naipaul and a Journey to Trinidad. May 18, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 28, 2024
Cross-reference added. Oct 25, 2023
Add new Web site: NPR - V.S. Naipaul, Controversial Author And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85. Oct 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of V. S. Naipaul. Nov 14, 2019
Updated for his death. Aug 11, 2018
Replaced photograph. Jul 27, 2017
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Books - A Dark Vision. Nov 19, 2015
Add new Web site: British Council - Literature - Biography of Sir V. S. Naipaul. Feb 19, 2013
Added the nonfiction work The Masque of Africa (2010). Mar 15, 2012
Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - V. S. Naipaul. Feb 22, 2012
Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - V.S. Naipaul. Feb 22, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of V. S. Naipaul. Feb 22, 2012
Article revised and updated; media also added. Oct 13, 2008
Bibliography revised and updated. May 27, 2008
Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Biography of V. S. Naipaul. Dec 10, 2007
Added new Web site: British Council - Biography of V. S. Naipaul. Dec 10, 2007
Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Sir V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Naipaul. Dec 10, 2007
Article revised. Apr 19, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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