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    Remembering V. S. Naipaul
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    Remembering V. S. Naipaul

    Mr. Naipaul, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001, wrote about the liberation movements that swept across Africa and the Caribbean, where he was born. The New York Times writes: Mr. Naipaul personified a sense of displacement. Having left behind the circumscribed world of Trinidad, he was never entirely rooted in England.

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    Ira Berlin, a historian whose research and acclaimed books helped reveal the complexities of American slavery and its aftermath, died early this month in Washington. He was 77.

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    John Berger, the British art critic, intellectual and prodigious author whose work redefined the way a generation saw art, died on January 2nd. He was 90.

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    William H. McNeil, the National Book Award winning historian and professor, who expanded the view of world history, passed away on Friday. He was 98 years old.

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    Elie Wiesel, a survivor at Auschwitz and educator to millions about the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, died at the age of 87.

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    German Historian Fritz Stern Passes Away at Age 90
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    Leading historian of modern Germany, Fritz Stern, died on Wednesday. He was 90 years old.

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    Carl E. Schorske Passes Away at 100
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    Carl E. Schorske Passes Away at 100

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    Oliver Sacks Dies at 82
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