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Naipaul thanks India after winning Nobel: The Telegraph
V S Naipaul, the author of Indian origin, was today awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and reacted to his million-dollar award in characteristic fashion - by taking his phone off the hook.
V S Naipaul, the author of Indian origin, was today awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and reacted to his million-dollar award in characteristic fashion — by taking his phone off the hook.
But he issued a warm statement in which he generously expressed his debt to India.
The 69-year-old author, who has long been tipped for the Nobel, is the first Indian to receive it for literature since Rabindranath Tagore in 1913. He is famed for such books as In A Free State, which won him the Booker Prize in 1971, and A House For Mr Biswas. He attacked India in India: A wounded Civilization in 1977 but later mellowed and understands and visits the country more often now.
The 69-year-old author, who has long been tipped for the Nobel, is the first Indian to receive it for literature since Rabindranath Tagore in 1913. He is famed for such books as In A Free State, which won him the Booker Prize in 1971, and A House For Mr Biswas. He attacked India in India: A wounded Civilization in 1977 but later mellowed and understands and visits the country more often now.