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V. S. Naipaul (née Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul)
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Memorial Page for V. S. Naipaul (née Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul)

Aug 17, 1932 – Aug 11, 2018(85 years)Died in:London, United Kingdom

Trinidadian-British writer

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Emoria lights a memorial candle for V. S. Naipaul's birthday.

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August 17th, 2026

Emoria lights a memorial candle in remembrance of V. S. Naipaul.

Emoria

August 11th, 2026

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Biography

Occupation(5)

writernovelistjournalistessayistshort story writer

Awards(9)

Nobel Prize in LiteratureJohn Llewellyn Rhys PrizeBooker PrizeJerusalem PrizeInternational Nonino PrizeFellow of the Royal Society of LiteratureFellow of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesSomerset Maugham AwardHawthornden Prize

Spouse(1)

Nadira Naipaul

Education(2)

University College, OxfordQueen's Royal College

V. S. Naipaul (* August 17, 1932 in Chaguanas; † August 11, 2018 in London) was a trinidadian-British writer. He was 85 years old. He was married to Nadira Naipaul. His education included University College, Oxford and Queen's Royal College. He received 9 awards, including Nobel Prize in Literature, John Llewellyn Rhys Prize.

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Born in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago

1932

Somerset Maugham Award

1961

Hawthornden Prize

1964

Booker Prize

1971

In a Free State

Jerusalem Prize

1983

International Nonino Prize

1993

Nobel Prize in Literature

2001

Died in London, United Kingdom

2018

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V. S. Naipaul (née Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul). Forever remembered.