Physical Stats & More
| Height | 5' 7" (171 cm) |
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| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
Personal Life
| Birthplace | Trinidad, Tobago |
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| Date of Death | 1953 |
| Place of Death | Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Tobago |
| Death Cause | Heart Attack |
Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Married |
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Family
| Spouse | Droapatie Naipaul |
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| Children | V.S. Naipaul (Writer), Shiva Naipaul (Writer), Kamla Naipaul (deceased), Mira Naipaul, Nalini Naipaul, Savi Naipaul (former teacher) |
Career
| Debut | Gurudeva and Other Indian Tales (1943) |
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Favourites
| Writer(s) | O. Henry, William Somerset Maugham |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| 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 recognized 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. |
