Nobel-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul has died at the age of 85, his family announced on Saturday.

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul has died at the age of 85, his family announced on Saturday.

"He was a giant in all that he achieved and he died surrounded by those he loved having lived a life which was full of wonderful creativity and endeavour," his wife Lady Naipaul said in a statement.

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