Nobel for Naipaul
 
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This petition is sponsored by Slowdown, a student group at Stanford University dedicated to fostering humane and democratic values in America and around the world.

Over the next months, Slowdown will be hosting a number of i-petitions. Each one will feature a different subject. Some will be related to American concerns, some global in scope. This petition will be mailed (in electronic format and by snail mail) to the Royal Swedish Academy. Please show your appreciation for Naipaul's literature by signing in the space below. You can also help by informing your friends about this petition. All it takes is a click.

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More information about V.S. Naipaul 

Transcript of a conversation with Naipaul

The Atlantic Monthly: An excerpt from Among the Believers, Naipaul's first book on Islam.

The New York Times Reviews: India: A Million Mutinies Now

The New York Times Reviews: The Enigma of Arrival

A history of Naipaul and his career

List of Nobel Prize winners