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(nīpôl), Sir V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Born 1932.
(nīpôl), Sir V(idiadhar) S(urajprasad) Born 1932. Trinidadian-born British writer. His novels include A House for Mr. Biswas (1961) and A Bend in the River (1979). He won the 2001 Nobel Prize for literature.