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Shiva Naipaul

Shiva Naipaul was born in Trinidad. He was the younger brother of V.S. Naipaul. Following in his older brother's footsteps, he studied at University College Oxford obtaining a degree in Chinese studies.
The younger Naipaul wrote five books before his untimely death in 1985 at the age of 40. The Chip Chip Gatherers, Fireflies and A Hot Country are works of fiction.
His non-fiction works include North and South and Black and White. A collection of fiction and travel pieces entitled Beyond the Dragon's Mouth was published in 1984.

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Trinidad and Tobago writer (1945–1985)

Born 1945
Died 1985

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  • Cover of: The chip-chip gatherers

    Cover of edition chipchipgatherer0000naip Cover of edition chipchipgatherer00shiv First published in 1973 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: A Hot Country: (Love and Death In a Hot Country) (Twentieth Century Classics)

    First published in 1983 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Black and white

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  • Cover of: North of south: an African journey

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  • Cover of: An unfinished journey

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  • Cover of: Fireflies.

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  • Cover of: Beyond the dragon's mouth: stories and pieces

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  • Cover of: Love and death in a hot country

    First published in 1984 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Chip-Chip Gatherers (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

    First published in 1997 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A Man of Mystery and Other Stories (Twentieth Century Classics)

    First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Fireflies (Twentieth Century Classics)

    First published in 1996 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: An Unfinished Journey

    First published in 1989 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: L'illusion du tiers-monde

    First published in 1996 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Lucioles

    First published in 1982 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: TheC hip-Chip gatherers

    First published in 1984 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A Trinidad vivait une famille

    First published in 1994 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: A man of mystery and other stories

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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Trinidad and Tobago writer (1945–1985)

Born 1945
Died 1985

Subjects

Fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, Fiction, general, Description and travel, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, family life, Fiction, humorous, general, New York Times reviewed, Travel, West indies, fiction, Colonies, Community life, East Indians, English literature, Fathers and sons, Fiction in English, Fiction, humorous, Fiction, short stories (single author), Guyana, history, History, Jonestown mass suicide, jonestown, guyana, 1978, Kenya, description and travel, Marriage, Mass suicide, People's Temple

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Trinidad and Tobago, Africa, Australia, Guyana, India, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia

People

Jim Jones, Jim Jones (1931-1978), Shiva Naipaul (1945-)

Time

1964-

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  • SHIVA NAIPAUL

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 16, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 12, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Added photos to author pages.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import