...of Indian descent, started with the West Indian island as his first subject. He extended his writings to include India, Africa, "America from south to north," England and the Islamic communities of Asia. The Nobel Literature Prize, first...

...much of his work during the 1970s and 1980s studying slums, building materials and sanitation facilities of China, India Africa, and Latin America. He points to "the inventiveness and resilience of the persons living there," and to "the variety...