THE WRITER AND THE WORLD: VS NAIPAUL

One of the greatest living writers, Nobel Prize-winning VS Naipaul, in conversation with DLF director Ahsan Akbar about his literary work
Fifty five years ago, A House for Mr Biswas placed Sir Vidia as one of the youngest fellows of the Royal Society of Literature. Described by TIME magazine as ‘a master of the modern novel,’ he produced literary masterpieces such as In a Free State, Guerrillas, An Area of Darkness, The Mimic Men, The Enigma of Arrival, A Bend in the River, Among the Believers and many other modern classics in both fiction and nonfiction. This is Sir Vidia’s first ever trip to Bangladesh and he comes as a guest of honour of Dhaka Lit Fest.