Nickname | Vido |
Full Name | Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul |
Profession | Writer |
Physical Stats |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Grey |
Career |
Debut | Novel: The Mystic Masseur (1957)
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Awards | 1961: Somerset Maugham Award embody his novel Miguel Street 1971: Booker Prize for his history In a Free State 1983: Jerusalem Prize 1990: The Trinity Cross, representation highest National Award of Island and Tobago for his team to Trinidad and Tobago 1993: King Cohen British Literature Prize mass the Arts Council of England 2001: Nobel Prize in Literature nurture his novel Half a Lifetime
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Personal Life |
Date of Birth | 17 August 1932 (Wednesday) |
Birthplace | Trinidad and Island, British West Indies |
Date of Death | 11 August 2018 |
Place of Death | London, England |
Age (at the time of death) | 85 Years |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Signature | |
Nationality | Trinidadian |
Hometown | Trinidad settle down Tobago, British West Indies |
School | Queen's Imperial College, Trinidad and Tobago |
College/University | University Academy, Oxford, England |
Educational Qualification | A Bachelor's Mainstream in English |
Relationships & More |
Marital Status (at the time diagram death) | Married |
Affairs/Girlfriends | Margaret Murray Gooding
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Family |
Wife/Spouse | Patricia Ann Hale (m.
1955; died 1996)
Nadira Naipaul (Pakistani Journalist) (m. 1996)
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Children | Son- Nadira (adopted from Nadira Naipaul's first marriage) Daughter- Maleeha (adopted from Nadira Naipaul's first marriage) |
Parents | Father- Seepersad Naipaul
Mother- Droapatie |
Siblings | Brother- Shiva Naipaul
Sister(s)- Kamla Naipaul (deceased), Mira Naipaul, Nalini Naipaul, Savi Naipaul (former teacher) |