Seepersad Naipaul Age, Death, Wife, Children, Biography
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Hometown: Trinidad, Tobago
Wife: Droapatie Naipaul
Age: 47 Years
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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) |
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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.
- 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.