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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of V. S. Naipaul has received more than 2,627,446 page views. His biography is available in 97 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 95 in 2019). V. S. Naipaul is the 778th most popular writer (up from 816th in 2019), the most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 97

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, V. S. Naipaul ranks 778 out of 7,302. Before him are Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Arrigo Boito, William McMaster Murdoch, Valerius Maximus, Alexander Blok, and Eleanor Marx. After him are Demetrius Vikelas, Sinclair Lewis, Georg Brandes, Raymond Carver, Tove Ditlevsen, and Ibn al-Muqaffa'.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, V. S. Naipaul ranks 48. Before him are Roy Scheider, Ted Kennedy, Pat Morita, Stéphane Audran, Oliver E. Williamson, and Francis Lai. After him are Sheldon Lee Glashow, Vytautas Landsbergis, Robert Mundell, Thomas Klestil, Louis Malle, and Harriet Andersson. Among people deceased in 2018, V. S. Naipaul ranks 35. Before him are Jens Christian Skou, Arvid Carlsson, Robert Venturi, Stéphane Audran, Charles K. Kao, and Francis Lai. After him are Gudrun Burwitz, Jin Yong, Jamal Khashoggi, Roy J. Glauber, Reynaldo Bignone, and Burton Richter.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, V. S. Naipaul ranks 1 out of 71. After him are Amanda (null), Haddaway (1965), Imran N. Hosein (1942), Keith Rowley (1949), Billy Ocean (1950), Nicki Minaj (1982), George Maxwell Richards (1931), Dwight Yorke (1971), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Basdeo Panday (1933), and Stokely Carmichael (1941).

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Among WRITERS In Trinidad and Tobago

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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