The Nobel Prize for Literature is the world’s pre-eminent award for creative writers. While it confers a respectability that is unmatched, it frequently goes to writers whose works appeal to a minority and are often somewhat obscure.However, with the selection this year of Trinidadian writer V.S. Naipaul, it is an award that is truly well deserved and has been widely acclaimed.Vidia Naipaul (Sir Vidia since 1989) was born in 1932 to the family of a struggling writer and journalist in Trinidad. A…
