Nobel-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85
- 12-Aug-2018
LONDON: British author V.S. Naipaul, a famously outspoken Nobel laureate who wrote on the traumas of post-colonial change, has died at the age of 85. Naipaul, who was born in Trinidad and the son of an Indian civil servant, was best known for works including “A House for Mr Biswas” and his Man Booker Prize-winning […]
Israeli ex-president and Nobel laureate Peres dies
- 28-Sep-2016
RAMAT GAN: Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday some two weeks after suffering a major stroke, his doctor said, triggering an outpouring of grief for the beloved elder statesman.