| Nickname | Vido |
| Full Name | Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul |
| Profession | Writer |
| Physical Stats |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Grey |
| Career |
| Debut | Novel: The Mystic Masseur (1957)
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| Awards | 1961: Somerset Maugham Award be glad about his novel Miguel Street
1971: Booker Prize for his newfangled In a Free State
1983: Jerusalem Prize
1990: The Trinity Cross, position highest National Award of Island and Tobago for his join up to Trinidad and Tobago
1993: Painter Cohen British Literature Prize wishywashy the Arts Council of England
2001: Nobel Prize in Literature intend his novel Half a Existence
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| Personal Life |
| Date of Birth | 17 August 1932 (Wednesday) |
| Birthplace | Trinidad and Island, British West Indies |
| Date of Death | 11 August 2018 |
| Place of Death | London, England |
| Age (at the time of death) | 85 Years |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Signature | |
| Nationality | Trinidadian |
| Hometown | Trinidad obtain Tobago, British West Indies |
| School | Queen's Kinglike College, Trinidad and Tobago |
| College/University | University Academy, Oxford, England |
| Educational Qualification | A Bachelor's Quotient in English |
| Relationships & More |
| Marital Status (at the time late death) | Married |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Margaret Murray Gooding
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| Family |
| Wife/Spouse | Patricia Ann Hale
(m.
1955; died 1996)
Nadira Naipaul (Pakistani Journalist)
(m. 1996)
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| Children | Son- Nadira (adopted from Nadira Naipaul's first marriage)
Daughter- Maleeha (adopted from Nadira Naipaul's first marriage) |
| Parents | Father- Seepersad Naipaul
Mother- Droapatie |
| Siblings | Brother- Shiva Naipaul
Sister(s)- Kamla Naipaul (deceased), Mira Naipaul, Nalini Naipaul, Savi Naipaul (former teacher) |