VS Naipaul

Quick Facts

Full Name	VS Naipaul
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Aug 17, 1932(1932-08-17)
Age	92
Date Of Death	2018-08-11
Birthplace	Chaguanas
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Horoscope	Leo

VS Naipaul Biography

VS Naipaul is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on August 17, 1932 in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago. Nobel Prize-winning author who written more than thirty books over fifty years. Among them are The Mystic Masseur in 1957 and A Turn in the South in 1989.

The author Author Joan Didion wrote about his work in The New York Review of Books. wrote about his work in The New York Review of Books.

His wife was Patricia Ann Hale from 1955 until 1996, and then Nadira Naipaul after 1996, up to the time of his death.

VS Naipaul Net Worth

VS Naipaul is one of the richest Novelist from Trinidad and Tobago. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, VS Naipaul 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Queen’s Royal College and won the Trinidad Government scholarship to study abroad at the age of seventeen years old.

He was awarded a Writer-in Residence Fellowship within Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and began writing in the year 1966.

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Who is VS Naipaul Dating?

According to our records, VS Naipaul married to Nadira Naipaul , Patricia Ann Hale Naipaul. As of December 1, 2023, VS Naipaul’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

VS Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Trinidad and Tobago. VS Naipaul celebrates birthday on August 17 of every year.

Why did VS Naipaul got Nobel Prize?

Author VS Naipaul won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Literature “ for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel people to see the presence of suppressed histories “.

What is VS Naipaul famous for?

Naipaul, in full Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, (born August 17, 1932, Trinidad—died August 11, 2018, London, England), Trinidadian writer of Indian descent known for his pessimistic novels set in developing countries.

Which is the work of VS Naipaul?

Sir V. S. Naipaul FRAS TC
Genre| Novel essay
Notable works| A House for Mr Biswas In a Free State A Bend in the River The Enigma of Arrival

Is VS Naipaul Nobel Prize?

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2001 was awarded to Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul “for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories.”

Is VS Naipaul still alive?

August 11, 2018