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VENICE, ITALY - APRIL 14: Trinidadian-British writer and 2001 Nobel Prize winner Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul poses for a portrait session during 'Incroci di Civilta', Venice Literary Festival on April 14, 2011 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Barbara Zanon/Getty Images)

VENICE, ITALY - APRIL 14:  Trinidadian-British writer and 2001 Nobel Prize winner Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul poses for a portrait session during 'Incroci di Civilta', Venice Literary Festival on April 14, 2011 in Venice, Italy.  (Photo by Barbara Zanon/Getty Images)