List of Famous people with last name Naipaul

V. S. Naipaul

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
First Name V.
Last Name Naipaul
Died on August 11, 2018 (aged 48)

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, 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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Nadira Naipaul

First Name Nadira
Born on January 1, 1953 (age 73)

Nadira, Lady Naipaul, is a Pakistani journalist and the widow of novelist Sir V. S. Naipaul.

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Shiva Naipaul

Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul
First Name Shiva
Last Name Naipaul
Born on February 25, 1945
Died on August 13, 1985 (aged 40)

Shiva Naipaul, born Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, was an Indo-Trinidadian and British novelist and journalist.

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