VIDIADHAR   SURAJPRASAD   NAIPAUL DATE OF BIRTH: August 17, 1932 PLACE OF BIRTH: Chaguanas, Trinidad EDUCATION: Tranquillity Government School Queen's Royal College Oxford University, England (1950-53, B.A. in Literature) CAREER:                                 Naipaul's family moved to St. James, Port-of-Spain, when he was 6 years old. In 1948, he was awarded a government scholarship and left Trinidad in 1950 to study abroad. Following his graduation from University College, Oxford University, in 1953, he worked as a freelance writer while hosting the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) program "Caribbean Voices" from 1954 to 1956. He also was a regular fiction reviewer for the literary journal, The New Statesman, between 1957 and 1961, and later became a British citizen. In 1990, Naipaul was knighted by the Queen of England. In October 2001, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature ($943,000 US). In announcing its decision, the Swedish (Nobel) Academy singled out Naipaul's 1987 autobiographical novel, "The Enigma of Arrival," for its "unrelenting image of the placid collapse of the old colonial ruling culture and the demise of European neighborhoods." The following is a listing of the books written by Naipaul: 1957 - The Mystic Masseur 1958 - The Suffrage of Elvira 1959 - Miguel Street 1961 - A House for Mr. Biswas 1962 - The Middle Passage: Impressions of Five Societies 1963 - Mr. Stone and The Knights Companion 1964 - An Area of Darkness 1967 - The Mimic Men; A Flag on The Island 1970 - The Loss of El Dorado 1971 - In A Free State 1972 - The Overcrowded Barracoon 1975 - Guerrillas 1977 - India: A Wounded Civilization 1979 - A Bend in The River 1980 - The Return of Eva Peron with The Killings in Trinidad 1981 - Among The Believers 1984 - Finding The Center 1987 - The Enigma of Arrival 1989 - A Turn in The South 1990 - India: A Million Mutinies Now 1994 - A Way in The World 1998 - Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among The Converted Peoples 2001 - Half a Life 2004 - Magic Seeds AWARDS: 1970 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold (for Literature) 1989 - Trinidad & Tobago Trinity Cross (for Literature) 1990 - Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England 2001 - Nobel Prize for Literature DIED: August 11, 2018, at his home in London, England Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit