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Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born to a Hindu family in Trinidad in 1932. He was
educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad. After winning a government scholarship, at
the age of 18 he left his native country for England and studied at University College, Oxford
(Contemporary Writers). After completing his studies at Oxford V.S. Naipaul settled in England
and began his career as a writer. The author of numerous novels (e.g. The Mystic Masseur,
The Suffrage of Elvira, The Mimic Men), short stories (e.g. A Flag on the Island, In a Free
State) and works of non-fiction inspired by his travels in Africa (A Bend in the River), Asia
(An Area of Darkness) and America (A Turn in the South) has been awarded a number of literary
prizes. In 1990 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth and in 2001 V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel
Prize for Literature (Nobelprize.org).
5 Mr Biswas's Children at School
Mr Biswas sends his eldest daughter Savi and his only son Anand to mission school. Anand hates
it and tries hard not to go there, but he is always flogged. Once, after coming home Mr Biswas
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was born to a Hindu family in Trinidad in 1932. He was
educated at Queen's Royal College in Trinidad. After winning a government scholarship, at
the age of 18 he left his native country for England and studied at University College, Oxford
(Contemporary Writers). After completing his studies at Oxford V.S. Naipaul settled in England
and began his career as a writer. The author of numerous novels (e.g. The Mystic Masseur,
The Suffrage of Elvira, The Mimic Men), short stories (e.g. A Flag on the Island, In a Free
State) and works of non-fiction inspired by his travels in Africa (A Bend in the River), Asia
(An Area of Darkness) and America (A Turn in the South) has been awarded a number of literary
prizes. In 1990 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth and in 2001 V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel
Prize for Literature (Nobelprize.org).
5 Mr Biswas's Children at School
Mr Biswas sends his eldest daughter Savi and his only son Anand to mission school. Anand hates
it and tries hard not to go there, but he is always flogged. Once, after coming home Mr Biswas