Shiva Naipaul

Shiva Naipaul (1945-1985), the younger brother of V. S. Naipaul, was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. His books include the novel Fireflies (1970), which won the Jock Campbell New Statesman Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Winifred Holtby Prize; The Chip-Chip Gatherers (a novel), North of South (1978), the story of his remarkable journey through Africa, Black and White (1980), A Hot Country (1983) and Beyond the Dragon's Mouth: Stories and Pieces (1984). Aged only 40, he died in a car accident in 1985, after which the Spectator established the Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize for 'the writer best able to describe a visit to a foreign place or people'.

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1945 - 1985 - V. S. Naipaul - Port-of-Spain - Trinidad and Tobago - 1970 - John Llewellyn Rhys Prize - 1978 - 1980 - 1983 - 1984 - Spectator

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