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Article: First Briton in 20 years wins Nobel Prize for Literature.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 12, 2001
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AN AUTHOR renowned for writing about Islam yesterday became the first Briton in almost 20 years to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
V S Naipaul's books were singled out by the panel for their 'incorruptible scrutiny'.
The judges praised the Trinidadborn writer's criticism of Moslem fundamentalism in non-Arab countries like Indonesia and Pakistan.
Naipaul, 69, said the award was a tribute to England and India, both of which had shaped his work.
The author, who lives in London, made his name writing about the cultural chaos of the postcolonial world.
The Swedish Academy singled out his 1987 masterpiece The Enigma of Arrival, ...