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Shiva Naipaul Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Shiva Naipaul Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

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Age: 40 Years

Death Date: 13/08/1985

Death Cause: Heart Attack

Bio/Wiki
Full Name Shivadhar Srinivasa Naipaul
Profession(s) Writer, Journalist
Physical Stats
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Career
Debut Novel: Fireflies (1970)
Last Novel An Unfinished Journey (1987)
Awards • Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize for Best Regional Novel for Fireflies (1970)
• Guggenheim Fellowship Award
Personal Life
Date of Birth 25 February 1945 (Sunday)
Birthplace Trinidad and Tobago
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Date of Death 13 August 1985
Place of Death London
Age (at the time of death) 40 Years
Death Cause Heart Attack
Signature
Nationality Trinidadian
Hometown Trinidad and Tobago
College/University • Queen's Royal College, Trinidad and Tobago
• St Mary's College, Trinidad and Tobago
• University College, Oxford, England
Educational Qualification Studied Psychology, Philosophy, Physiology, Chinese from University College, Oxford, England (1964)
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death) Married
Marriage Date Year, 1967
Family
Wife/Spouse Jenny Stuart (Secretary at Spectator Magazine)
Children Son- Tarun
Parents Father- Seepersad Naipaul (Journalist)(deceased)


Mother- Droapatie Naipaul
Siblings Brother- V.S. Naipaul (Author)


Sister(s)- Kamla Naipaul (deceased), Mira Naipaul, Nalini Naipaul, Savi Naipaul (former teacher)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Shiva Naipaul

  • Shiva Naipaul belonged to a Capildeo family.

  • In 1964, he went to study in Britain with the help of a prestigious Island scholarship that he won.

  • In 1967, after completing his education in Britain, he settled there with his wife Jenny Stuart.

  • His popular fiction novels include Fireflies (1970), The Chip-Chip Gatherers (1973).

The Chip-Chip Gatherers by Shiva Naipaul book cover

  • After releasing his two fictional novels he decided to take a break from fiction and concentrate on Journalism, he wrote two non-fiction books that included North of South: An African Journey (1978) which was based on his visit to Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia and Black and White (1980).

  • After 10 years, he wrote another fiction novel A Hot country (1983).

A Hot Country by Shiva Naipaul cover page

  • In 1984, he released Beyond the Dragon’s Mouth, a series of fictional and non-fiction stories and articles that examines African, Indian and Caribbean societies.

Beyond the Dragon’s Mouth by Shiva Naipaul book cover

  • After his sudden death a posthumous collection of essays was published by Shiva was published known as An Unfinished Journey (1986).

  • Shiva’s literary achieves are held in the British library. His collection in the library includes his autograph and typescript drafts of his fictional, non-fiction and travel writing.

  • In 2008, Christopher Hitchens appreciated Shiva Naipaul’s first novel Fireflies (1970) as “one of the best tragicomic novels of our time” in his article in The Atlantic.

  • In an article for the New Yorker published in 2019, V.S Naipaul wrote about Shiva’s death,

  • It did not surprise me. He was a drinking man, and I had seen death on his face the previous year, at the funeral of my younger sister”.