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1932 – 2018V.S. Naipaul (1932-2018)Died 11 August 2018, aged 85Trinidad-born British writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 for his body of fiction and travel writing. His novels, including A House for Mr Biswas, examined colonialism, displacement and postcolonial society. He was knighted for his services to literature.