Nobel prize for literature 2001
VS Naipaul: shockingly disloyal to his literary friend, claims Spurling
Biographer Hilary Spurling unmasks ‘vengeful’ posthumous reviews of Anthony Powell novels by onetime fan
The floating man
A life in writing: The boy from Trinidad who went on to win the Nobel, VS Naipaul has always forged his own path. He admits to no literary influence and has little time for modern fiction
'Inimitable and truly great'
It is a fair bet that in the next few weeks that VS Naipaul will hardly bother to disguise the provocative disdain that now characterises his public pronouncements
Previous Nobel Prize for Literature winners
VS Naipaul wins 2001 Nobel Prize
VS Naipaul is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, the world's most prestigious and - with a value of $1,000,000 - richest literary award. The announcement was made at noon today in Stockholm.
