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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul FRAS TC was a Trinidadian-born British writer of works of fiction and nonfiction in English. He is known for his comic early novels set in Trinidad, his bleaker novels of alienation in the wider world, and his vigilant chronicles of life and travels. He wrote in prose that was widely admired, but … See more
Background and early life
V. S. Naipaul was born to Droapatie (née Capildeo) and Seepersad Naipaul on 17 August 1932 in the sugar … See moreIn awarding Naipaul the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy praised his work "for having united perceptive narrative and … See more
Naipaul was awarded the Booker Prize for In a Free State in 1971. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 1983. He was awarded the Trinity Cross in 1990. He was also made a Knight Bachelor in the 1990 New Year Honours. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in … See more
Fiction
• The Mystic Masseur (1957)
• The Suffrage of Elvira (1958)
• Miguel Street (1959) See more• Bayley, John (9 April 1987). "Country Life". The New York Review of Books. 34 (6).
• Boxill, Anthony (1976). "The Little Bastard Worlds of VS Naipaul's The Mimic Men and A Flag on the Island" See more• "V.S. Naipaul - Bibliography". Nobel Foundation.
• V. S. Naipaul on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture 7 December 2001 … See morePeople mentioned in the articleWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license V. S. Naipaul Wiki, Age, Death, Wife, Family, Biography & More
WEBTwo months after Patricia’s death, V. S. Naipaul got married to Nadira Alvi. The age gap between both was more than 20 years. Nadira Alvi’s first marriage was with a 26 years …
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WEBAug 12, 2018 · Nadira Naipaul Vidia met his second wife after he flew to South Asia to write his book “Beyond Belief” when his first wife, Hale, was on the deathbed, fighting …
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WEBAug 12, 2018 · In Patrick French’s authorised biography, it’s revealed how he mistreated his first wife, Patricia Naipaul, with whom he was married …
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Nadira Naipaul - Wikipedia
She was born in Mombasa, Kenya. At the age of 16 she married an engineer, Agha Hashim, who was 26 years her senior. They had two daughters, Gul Zehra (aka Naeema Hashim) and Sumar Zahra, who lived with various relatives after the marriage ended. Nadira's second marriage was to Iqbal Shah, by whom she had a daughter Maleeha, whom V. S. Naipaul later adopted, and a son, Nadir Shah.
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V. S. Naipaul’s Lessons on Life, Literature, and Being Left Alone
WEBAugust 16, 2018. Sir V. S. Naipaul with his wife, Lady Nadira, a Pakistani journalist, at their home in Wiltshire, England, in 2011. Photograph by Perry Ogden. Sir V. S. Naipaul...
VS Naipaul obituary | VS Naipaul | The Guardian
WEBAug 12, 2018 · Born in Chaguanas, on Trinidad’s west coast, south of Port of Spain, Vidia was the second of the seven children of Seepersad and his wife, Droapatie (nee Capildeo). They were married in 1929, the...
Obituary: VS Naipaul - BBC
WEBThe American travel writer and novelist, Paul Theroux, published a caustic memoir of his long friendship with Naipaul. 'Sir Vidia's Shadow' led to a 15-year feud between the two men. Naipaul's ...
Memories of V. S. Naipaul | The New Yorker
WEBAug 24, 2018 · His wife, Pat, was seated, her head down, weeping in frustration through her fingers. Naipaul was pacing, in a froth, shouting, “Listen! Do you hear the bitches!” because the house he had been...
V.S. Naipaul, Controversial Author And Nobel Laureate, …
WEBAug 11, 2018 · His wife Nadira Naipaul, who was at his side when he passed, said he was "a giant in all that he achieved and he died surrounded by those he loved having lived a life which was full of...
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