Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul TC (17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018), most commonly known as V. S. Naipaul, and informally, Vidia Naipaul, was a Trinidad and Tobago-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 his views sometimes aroused controversy. He published more than thirty books over fifty years.
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17 August 1932 Chaguanas, Trinidad
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Died |
11 August 2018 (aged 85) London, England, United Kingdom
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Zodiac | Leo |
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