V. S. Naipaul
1932 to 2018
9 documented presences
8 places
Quo Fuit places 9 dated presences for V. S. Naipaul across 8 places, from 1950 to 2018. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul (17 August 1932 – 11 August 2018) was a Trinidad and Tobago-born British writer renowned for his works of fiction and nonfiction in English.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where V. S. Naipaul was documented, and when
1950year
University of Oxfordattested
“Arriving at Oxford for the Michaelmas term, 1950, Naipaul judged himself adequately prepared for his studies; in the judgement of his Latin tutor, Peter Bayley, Naipaul showed promise and poise.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
January 1955month
Kilburn, Londonattested
“In January 1955, Naipaul moved to new lodgings, a small flat in Kilburn, and he and Pat were married.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
August 1956month
Englandattested
“In late August 1956, six years after arriving in England, three years after his father's death, and in the face of pressure from his family in Trinidad, especially his mother, to visit, Naipaul boarded TSS Cavina, an Elders & Fyffes pass…”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
August 1956month
Trinidadattested
“In late August 1956, six years after arriving in England, three years after his father's death, and in the face of pressure from his family in Trinidad, especially his mother, to visit, Naipaul boarded TSS Cavina, an Elders & Fyffes pass…”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
August 1956month
Bristolattested
“In late August 1956, six years after arriving in England, three years after his father's death, and in the face of pressure from his family in Trinidad, especially his mother, to visit, Naipaul boarded TSS Cavina, an Elders & Fyffes pass…”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1962year
Indiaattested
“In early 1962, Naipaul and Pat arrived in India for a year-long visit.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1962 to 1964period
Englandattested
“Said believed that Naipaul's worldview may be most salient in his book-length essay The Middle Passage (1962), composed following Naipaul's return to the Caribbean after 10 years of exile in England, and the work An Area of Darkness (1964).”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1962 to 1964period
Caribbeanattested
“Said believed that Naipaul's worldview may be most salient in his book-length essay The Middle Passage (1962), composed following Naipaul's return to the Caribbean after 10 years of exile in England, and the work An Area of Darkness (1964).”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
11 August 2018exact date
Londonattested
“Naipaul died at his home in London on 11 August 2018.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
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Places V. S. Naipaul is documented in
England2 presences · 1956 to 1962Bristol1 presence · 1956Caribbean1 presence · 1962India1 presence · 1962London1 presence · 2018University of Oxford1 presence · 1950
Kilburn, London1 presence · 1955
Trinidad1 presence · 1956
Other places tied to V. S. Naipaul in the record
In each of these, a source puts V. S. Naipaul and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that V. S. Naipaul was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1929 to 1932period
Trinidadmentioned
“In 1929, he had begun contributing stories to the Trinidad Guardian, and in 1932 he joined the staff as the provincial Chaguanas correspondent.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
August 1950month
Londonmentioned
“He went, he wrote, "in order at last to write...." In August 1950, Naipaul boarded a Pan Am flight to New York, continuing the next day by boat to London.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
August 1950month
New Yorkmentioned
“He went, he wrote, "in order at last to write...." In August 1950, Naipaul boarded a Pan Am flight to New York, continuing the next day by boat to London.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
March 1952month
Trinidadmentioned
“By late March 1952, plans were made for his return to Trinidad in the summer.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1953year
Trinidadmentioned
“In Trinidad, Naipaul's father had had a coronary thrombosis in early 1953, and lost his job at the Guardian in the summer.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
August 1958month
Englandmentioned
“With many West Indian writers now active in England, Caribbean Voices was judged to have achieved its purpose and slated to terminate in August 1958.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
September 1960month
Trinidadmentioned
“In September 1960, Naipaul was sounded out about visiting Trinidad as a guest of the government and giving a few lectures.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1964year
Caribbeanmentioned
“The story is set in the present time—1964—in a Caribbean island, which is not named.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
October 1966month
Londonmentioned
“Naipaul's description of West Indians as 'mimic men' is harsh but true ..." Back in London in October 1966, Naipaul received an invitation from the American publisher Little, Brown and Company to write a book on Port of Spain.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
December 1971month
Trinidadmentioned
“In late December 1971 as news of the killings at Michael X's commune in Arima filtered out, Naipaul, accompanied by Pat, arrived in Trinidad to cover the story.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
December 1971month
Arimamentioned
“In late December 1971 as news of the killings at Michael X's commune in Arima filtered out, Naipaul, accompanied by Pat, arrived in Trinidad to cover the story.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1972year
Argentinamentioned
“During his first trip to Argentina, in 1972, Naipaul met and began an affair with Margaret Murray Gooding, a married Anglo-Argentine mother of three.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1980 to 1984period
New Yorkmentioned
“I certainly did mind." Writing in The New York Review of Books about Naipaul in 1980, Joan Didion offered the following portrayal of the writer: Nissim Ezekiel wrote the 1984 essay "Naipaul's India and Mine" as a reply to Naipaul's An Ar…”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1984year
Dallasmentioned
“Naipaul also covered the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas, at the behest of Robert B.”
source: Wikipedia: V. S. Naipaul
1995year
Documented at the same place, the same year
Jacqueline Kennedy OnassisIndia · 1962Allen GinsbergIndia · 1962Zulfikar Ali BhuttoUniversity of Oxford · 1950Yigal AllonUniversity of Oxford · 1950Oliver SacksLondon · 1956Roger PenroseLondon · 1956Harold UreyLondon · 1956Ravi ShankarLondon · 1956John LydonLondon · 1956Bob DylanUnited Kingdom · 1962Oskar KokoschkaUnited Kingdom · 1962Keith RichardsUnited Kingdom · 1962
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Sources
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