Seepersad Naipaul Age, Death, Wife, Children, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)	Journalist and 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, Tobago
Date of Death	Year, 1953
Place of Death	Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Tobago
Age (at the time of death)	47 Years
Death Cause	Heart Attack
Nationality	Trinidadian
Hometown	Trinidad, 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 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

• After gaining enough experience in writing about the journalism of Trinidad and about Indian politics. He started working as a social worker and wrote about the lives of rural Indian Trinidadians, which was unknown to the rest of the world.

• Savi Naipaul Akal, Seepersad’s daughter represented him as a devoted family man. who prioritized his children’s education irrespective of their gender.