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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Author
gptkb:Writer
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gptkbp:associated_with
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gptkb:Commonwealth_Writers
Literary criticism
Literary circles
Essay writing
Post-colonial literature
Autobiographical writing
Trinidadian literature
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkb:Booker_Prize
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1932-08-17
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gptkbp:born
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August 17, 1932
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Shiva_Naipaul
gptkb:Nicolas_Naipaul
gptkb:Shivani_Naipaul
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gptkbp:death_date
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2018-08-11
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gptkbp:died
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August 11, 2018
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_College,_Oxford
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gptkbp:ethnicity
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Indian
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gptkbp:famous_for
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gptkb:Novels
Literary criticism
Short stories
Essays
Autobiographical writing
Cultural identity themes
Critique of post-colonial societies
Exploration of exile
Exploration of colonialism
Critique of Indian society
Controversial views on culture
Critique of Caribbean identity
Exploration of diaspora
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gptkbp:famous_quote
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“ I have no idea of what I am going to write. I have no idea of what I am going to say.”
“ The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it.”
“ A writer is not a scientist. He is not a man of facts. He is a man of imagination.”
“ I am a writer, and I am a man of the world.”
“ The only way to deal with the world is to be a part of it.”
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gptkbp:first_published
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gptkb:The_Mystic_Masseur
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:Fiction
gptkb:non-fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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V. S. Naipaul
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gptkbp:inaugural_work
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gptkb:The_Mystic_Masseur
The Suffrage of Elvira
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Arundhati_Roy
gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:M._R._James
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Joseph_Conrad
gptkb:T._S._Eliot
gptkb:Graham_Greene
gptkb:Jewish_community
British colonial history
Cultural heritage of Trinidad
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:E._M._Forster
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Joseph_Conrad
gptkb:Graham_Greene
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gptkbp:involved_in
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Literary criticism
Travel writing
Short stories
Essays
Political commentary
Cultural commentary
Novellas
Autobiographical writing
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:cultural_identity
Travel writing
Critique of colonialism
Exploration of identity and culture
Exploration of post-colonial themes
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Spanish
English
Hindi
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gptkbp:literary_movement
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gptkb:Modernism
Postcolonial literature
Post-colonial literature
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:British
Trinidadian
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:A_House_for_Mr_Biswas
gptkb:The_Enigma_of_Arrival
Half a Life
In a Free State
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:travel_literature
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Novelist
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gptkbp:place_of_birth
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Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago
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gptkbp:place_of_death
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gptkb:London,_England
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gptkbp:published_work
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gptkb:The_Masque_of_Africa
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gptkbp:related_to
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gptkb:S._Naipaul
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago_literature
British literature
Commonwealth literature
Naipaul family
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:London
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gptkbp:result
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gptkb:The_Masque_of_Africa
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Patricia_Naipaul
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gptkbp:website
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http://www.vsnaipaul.com
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:literary_award
gptkb:A_House_for_Mr_Biswas
gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
gptkb:Patricia_Naipaul
gptkb:Shiva_Naipaul
gptkb:Nicolas_Naipaul
gptkb:The_Enigma_of_Arrival
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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