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Seepersad Naipaul Age, Death, Wife, Children, Biography

Seepersad Naipaul Age, Death, Wife, Children, Biography

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Age: 47 Years

Death Cause: Heart Attack

Hometown: Trinidad And Tobago

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s) Journalist, Writer
Physical Stats
Height (approx.) 5' 7" (171 cm)
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Career
Debut Novel: Gurudeva and Other Indian Tales (1943)
Personal Life
Date of Birth Year, 1906
Birthplace Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Death Year, 1953
Place of Death Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Age (at the time of death) 47 Years
Death Cause Heart Attack
Nationality Trinidadian
Hometown Trinidad and Tobago
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death) Married
Family
Wife/Spouse Droapatie Naipaul
Children Son(s)- V.S. Naipaul
(Writer), Shiva Naipaul
(Writer)


Daughter(s)- Kamla Naipaul (deceased), Mira Naipaul, Nalini Naipaul, Savi Naipaul (former teacher)
Favourites
Writer(s) O. Henry, William Somerset Maugham

Some Lesser Known Facts About Seepersad Naipaul

  • He was born and brought up in a poor Indian family in rural Trinidad.

  • Since childhood Seepersad Naipaul had educated himself.

  • He was young when he was sent to live with his extended relatives where he would help rear goats and cows in the mornings, and then walk to school without shoes.

  • He was only allowed to study his elementary school by his family. Later he taught himself to read and write and aspired to be a writer.

  • Although he was not well educated, he became the central correspondent for the Trinidad Guardian, which is the oldest daily newspaper in Trinidad and Seepersad was the first Indo-Trinidadian journalist.

  • In 1943, he self-published his first book Gurudeva and Other Indian Tales which is a collection of linked comic short stories. Only 100 copies of the pamphlet were published. It became highly recognised in 1976, after V. S. Naipaul published a re-edited version of the book, which is now known as The Adventures of Gurudeva and other stories, which was published by Andre Deutsch.

The Adventures of Gurudev and Other Stories (re-edited version) by V.S Naipaul book cover