V.S. Naipaul's Manuscripts and Notes

Trinidad-born British writer V.S. Naipaul has been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. His notes, recordings, photos and manuscripts, including early drafts and gallery proofs of "The Enigma of Arrival," are housed in the Special Collections of McFarlin Library at The University of Tulsa, and are available to the media.

For more information on the collections and the works of Naipaul, contact Lori Curtis, the head of Special Collections at The University of Tulsa, at 918-631-2882 or by e-mail at [email protected]. A guide to the materials housed at the university can be found at http://www.lib.utulsa.edu/Speccoll/naipuvs0.htm.

University of Tulsa English professor George Gilpin is available to discuss his personal experiences with Naipaul, who last visited the university in 1999, and the author's works; call 918-744-9734 in the morning and late afternoon, or 918-631-3736 in the mid-afternoon.

You can also contact Mercedes Millberry, news and marketing manager, The University of Tulsa, by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at 918-631-2649.

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