Paul Scott
/ˌpɔːl ˈskɒt/
/ˌpɔːl ˈskɑːt/
- (1920-78) an English author. He served as a soldier in India during the Second World War, and is best known for The Raj Quartet, a series of four novels set in India during the final years of British rule there (= the Raj). A popular television version of the novels was made under the title The Jewel in the Crown. A further novel by Scott about India, Staying On, won the Booker Prize in 1977.
保罗·斯科特：（1920-78）英国作家。在第二次世界大战期间，他曾在印度当过士兵，最著名的是拉吉四重奏，这是在英国统治印度的最后几年里在印度创作的四本小说系列。小说的电视版本以《皇冠上的珠宝》为名制作。斯科特（Scott）撰写的另一本关于印度的小说《保持生命》（Staying On）在1977年获得了布克奖。