2001年,瑞典当地时间10月11日13时,瑞典文学院宣布,将诺贝尔文学奖授予定居伦敦的印度裔特立尼达和多巴哥作家维·苏·奈保尔(V.S.Naipaul),以表彰他通过“敏锐而真实”的文学笔调向世人展示前殖民地国家受压抑的历史现实。瑞典文学院称:。其着作将极具洞察力的叙述与不为世俗左右的探索融为一体,是驱策我们从扭曲的历史中探寻真实的动力。” In 2001, Sweden’s local time at 13 o’clock on the October 11, the Swedish Institute of Arts announced that the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Indian settlers in London, Trinidad and Tobago writer VS Suipaul (VSNaipaul) to In recognition of his “keen and true” literary pensions to show the world the pent-up historical reality of the former colonial countries. Swedish Institute said: His book, which combines insightful narratives with explorations that are not secular, is the driving force behind our quest for truth from distorted history. "