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Popular As | VS Naipaul |
Occupation | Novelist |
Age | 91 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Leo |
Born | August 17, 1932 (Trinidad And Tobago) |
Birthday | August 17 |
Town/City | Trinidad And Tobago |
Nationality | Trinidad And Tobago |
VS Naipaul’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
VS Naipaul was born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Monkey thrive on having fun. They’re energetic, upbeat, and good at listening but lack self-control. They like being active and stimulated and enjoy pleasing self before pleasing others. They’re heart-breakers, not good at long-term relationships, morals are weak. Compatible with Rat or Dragon.
Nobel Prize-winning author who has published more than 30 books throughout the course of 50 years including The Mystic Masseur in 1957 and A Turn in the South in 1989.
He went to Queen's Royal College and won a Trinidad Government scholarship to study abroad when he was 17 years old.
He was offered a Writer-in-Residence fellowship at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda and started writing there in 1966.
He was married to Patricia Ann Hale from 1955 until 1996 and later Nadira Naipaul in 1996 up until his death.
Author Joan Didion wrote about his work in The New York Review of Books.