V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul

WRITER

V.S. Naipaul was born on August 17, 1932 in Chaguanas, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago as Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul. He was a writer, known for The Mystic Masseur (2001), The Levin Interviews (1980) and Le cercle de minuit (1992). He was married to Nadira Khannum Alvi and Patricia Ann Hale. He died on August 11, 2018 in London, England.

  • When was
    V.S. Naipaul born?

    V.S. Naipaul was born on Wednesday, August 17, 1932

  • Where was
    V.S. Naipaul born?

    V.S. Naipaul was born in Chaguanas, Tridad, Tridad and Tobago

  • How old was
    V.S. Naipaul when they died?

    V.S. Naipaul was 86

  • When did V.S. Naipaul die?

    V.S. Naipaul died on
    Saturday, August 11, 2018


Best Quotes

  • I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
  • We made no inquiries about India or about the families people had left behind. When our ways of thinking had changed, and we wished to know, it was too late. I know nothing of the people on my father's side; I know only that some of them came from Nepal.
  • All the details of the life and the quirks and the friendships can be laid out for us, but the mystery of the writing will remain. No amount of documentation, however fascinating, can take us there.

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