Naipaul, V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) 1932–

Naipaul is a highly regarded novelist, essayist, and short story writer. A self-styled stateless traveler born in Trinidad of Indian parents and educated in England, he writes fine nonfiction books on travel and deals in his fiction with themes of alienation, self-exile, and rootlessness. (See also CLC, Vols. 4, 7, 9, 13, and Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4, rev. ed.)