On August 11, local time, Indian-British writer V. S. Naipaul died at his home in London at the age of 85. His family confirmed the news in a statement issued on Aug. 11. In six days, Naipaul will celebrate his 86th birthday. Naipaul's wife, Nadira Naipaul, said in a statement, "He was surrounded by people he loved and his life was full of wonderful creations and efforts. ”
Naho Akira (August 17, 1932 - August 11, 2018)
"Rue Miguel" first brought him fame
Naipaul was the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature, the most important label on him.
Naipaul was born on August 17, 1932, to an Indian Brahmin family in Trinidad and Tobago, Central America. In 1950, he was awarded a scholarship to study at oxford university in the United Kingdom. He settled in England in 1955 and began writing literature. His main works include "Psychic Masseuse", "Revisiting the Caribbean", "Africa's Mask", etc., and has won many awards such as the Booker Prize, the Maugham Prize, the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is known as the "Three Heroes of British Literary Migration" together with Kazuo Ishiguro and Rushdie.
As early as 1959, with the publication of the short story collection Miguel Street, Naipaul gained its original reputation, and in 1962 the book won the Maugham Prize for Literature. He won the Booker Prize in 1971 for The Free Country and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001. The New York Times praised him as "a man of talent and talent, and Naipaul was among the top living writers." His novels "The Great River Bay" and "Mr. Bethworth's House" are among the top 100 English novels of the 20th century.
"Miguel Street" deeply influenced Chinese writers.
"Big River Bend" is one of Naipaul's classic masterpieces.
The complete works of Naipaul
Genius writer, bastard in life
Naipaul's work is dominated by novels and travelogues, and his work is so iconic that it is difficult for other writers to copy. His writing is concise and direct, even somewhat indifferent, and he has no sense of cultural identity for his ancestral home, trinidad or The United Kingdom, but is full of sober criticism.
There are also media reports that Naipaul's first married life has attracted public attention because of gossip such as cheating, domestic violence, and the death of his wife. Some media even described him this way: "In addition to literary writing, Naipaul is a devil." "So some say he's a genius writer, a jerk in life.
Naipaul and the Mai family talked with the Hangzhou team
He spent his 82nd birthday in Shanghai
In 2014, he came to Shanghai as a guest of the Shanghai International Literature Week to participate in the Shanghai Book Fair and related activities, which was a glorious journey for the masters, embraced by the Chinese literary youth, and the Chinese writer Mai Jia also had a dialogue with him in Hangzhou.
In August 2014, on the occasion of the launch of the Chinese edition of "Great River Bay", Naipaul came to Shanghai with his wife, which was his first time on Chinese soil, and he also appeared at the main forum of the Shanghai Book Fair and the "Poetry Night" and other events. During his stay in Shanghai, coinciding with his 82nd birthday, Naipaul celebrated his birthday under the flashing lights and the blessings of people.
Naipaul celebrates his 82nd birthday in China
During his trip to Hangzhou, Naipaul was mild, when he was in poor health. His second wife, Nadina, answered many questions on her behalf, and almost every time Naipaul answered, Nadina would explain it with the prefix "My husband means", and she even directly endorsed Naipaul to refute the rumors, "My husband never said that female writers cannot be compared with male writers, this is a rumor." ”
Regardless of whether he was controversial or not, one thing is certain, Naipaul is one of the greatest English-language writers, his literary achievements are unquestionable, and as for his bad deeds, leave it to the world to comment.
Naipaul is a master totem in the eyes of Chinese Wenqing.
Author | Lu Yanxia
Edit | Zhou Nanyan
Producer | Zhou Nanyan
Source: Beijing Daily