AVC/1/3 - V.S Naipaul

AVC/1/3

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V.S Naipaul

1998-2001

1 folder Mixed

Naipaul, V.S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018

Clippings and early critical writing on V.S. Naipaul (AVC’s father’s first cousin, whose sister married AVC’s mother’s brother; however, AVC only met to speak once). [V.S. Naipaul’s sister was AVC’s aunt by marriage].

- Typed early critical writing by AVC entitled ‘V.S. Naipaul: making the thing without a name’. 24 leaves.

- Revised typed critical writing by AVC entitled ‘V.S. Naipaul: making the thing without a name’. Including comments from Peter. 11 leaves.

- Clippings on V.S. Naipaul from the Trinidad Guardian; Le Monde; The Gazette, Montreal; and The Daily Express (Trinidad & Tobago newspaper), 1998-2001. 17 items.

- Printed card (2000) showing the Capildeo ancestral home in Chaguanas, Trinidad. Describes Pundit Capildeo's journey to Trinidad under an indentureship scheme and his Trinidadian wife's insistence on education for their children. V.S. Naipaul was their grandson.