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V. S. Naipaul was born to Droapatie ( née Capildeo) and Seepersad Naipaul on 17 August 1932 in the sugar plantation -town of Chaguanas on the island of Trinidad, the larger of the two islands in the British crown colony of Trinidad and Tobago. [3] He was the couple's second child and first son.
- 1957–2010
- Seepersad Naipaul (father)
4 days ago · V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidadian writer of Indian descent who was known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries. For these revelations of what the Swedish Academy called ‘suppressed histories,’ Naipaul won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and later published in the book series Les Prix Nobel/ Nobel Lectures / The Nobel Prizes. The information is sometimes updated with an addendum submitted by the Laureate. V. S. Naipaul died on 11 August 2018. MLA style: V. S. Naipaul – Biographical.
Aug 11, 2018 · Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001. Born: 17 August 1932, Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. Died: 11 August 2018, London, United Kingdom. Residence at the time of the award: United Kingdom. Prize motivation: “for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible ...
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A biography of the Trinidadian-born writer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. Explore his fiction and non-fiction works, themes, awards and critical perspective.
- Chaguanas, Trinidad
- Picador
Aug 11, 2018 · V.S. Naipaul, Controversial Author And Nobel Laureate, Dies At 85 Naipaul was born in Trinidad, and his relationship to his birthplace was nothing if not complicated. He was often criticized for ...
V. S. Naipaul: Ah well, I suppose it, in the de Chirico painting there is a sail, and the people, it is a quayside, if we can describe it, it’s very hard to describe it, nothing is strictly real. It’s a quayside and there’s half of a mast of an old fashioned sailing vessel, probably an old fashioned galley, and the figures look classical ...
