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V. S. Naipaul

1932 - 2018

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Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Trinidadian-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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. V. S. Naipaul is the 764th most popular writer (up from 777th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Trinidadian Writer.

V.S. Naipaul is a Trinidadian-born British author who is most famous for his novels and essays about the former British colonies in the Caribbean.

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Among writers, V. S. Naipaul ranks 764 out of 7,302. Before him are Theognis of Megara, Dio Chrysostom, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Arto Paasilinna, Maurus Servius Honoratus, and Harry Mulisch. After him are Charles Maurras, Neal Cassady, Bernhard Schlink, Ban Gu, Pierre Boulle, and Christoph Martin Wieland.

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Among people born in 1932, V. S. Naipaul ranks 50. Before him are Roy Scheider, Houari Boumédiène, Pat Morita, Valentino, Jean-Pierre Cassel, and Adolfo Suárez. After him are Algirdas Brazauskas, Little Richard, Vladimir Ivashko, Vytautas Landsbergis, John Searle, and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. Among people deceased in 2018, V. S. Naipaul ranks 46. Before him are Thomas A. Steitz, John Gavin, Aaron Klug, Burt Reynolds, Sondra Locke, and Arto Paasilinna. After him are Leon M. Lederman, Charles K. Kao, Bernard Lewis, Paul Allen, Jamal Khashoggi, and Jin Yong.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, V. S. Naipaul ranks 2 out of 71. Before him are Nicki Minaj (1982). After him are Stokely Carmichael (1941), Haddaway (1965), Dwight Yorke (1971), George Maxwell Richards (1931), Billy Ocean (1950), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Keith Rowley (1949), David Jenkins (1952), Stephen Mallory (1813), and Michael Fisher (1931).

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Among writers born in Trinidad and Tobago, V. S. Naipaul ranks 1. After him are Steven Pressfield (1943), and C. L. R. James (1901).

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