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Nobel prize winning author Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was as hard on himself as on others.
The novelist's life was marked by the financial industry ... and not always for the best.
South African-Jamaican intellectual, activist and author Peter Abrahams died in January 2017. He will be revered for his contributions to the anti-colonial struggles in Africa and the Caribbean.
An idyllic childhood in Wales inspired one of the world's most treasured children's writers in unexpected ways.
A war hero and a philanthropist, or a bully and a misogynist – there are many versions of the enigmatic author.
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Mellon Chair of Indian Studies and the Director of the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa, University of the Witwatersrand
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PhD candidate in English, University of Hull
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Professor of English Literature, Cardiff University
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Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
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Professor of English, University of Southampton
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Vice Chancellor's fellow, University of Bristol
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PhD candidate, University of Pittsburgh
