 Education: Port of Spain and Oxford 1943–54  London, Caribbean Voices, marriage , 1954–56 Early Trinidad novels: 1956–58  HMS Cavina, the peacetime Elders&Fyffes passenger-carrying banana boat, shown in 1941, requisitioned for World War II. In August 1956, Naipaul returned on TSS Cavina to Trinidad for a two-month stay with his family. Diana Athill, the editor at the publishing company André Deutsch, who read Miguel Street, liked it. But the publisher, André Deutsch, thought a series of linked stories by an unknown Caribbean writer unlikely to sell profitably in Britain. He encouraged Naipaul to write a novel. Without enthusiasm, Naipaul quickly wrote The Mystic Masseur in Autumn 1955. On 8 December 1955, his novel was accepted by Deutsch, and Naipaul received a £125 payment. With promotional help from Andre Deutsh, Naipaul's novels would soon receive critical acclaim. The Mystic Masseur was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1958, and Miguel Street the Somerset Maugham Award in 1961, W. Somerset Maugham himself approving the first-ever selection of a non-European.  A House for Mr Biswas 1957–60 Seepersad Naipaul, father of V. S. Naipaul, and the inspiration for the protagonist of the novel, Mr Biswas, with his Ford Prefect  The Middle Passage, India, An Area of Darkness 1961–63  A Flag on the Island, Africa, The Mimic Men , 1964–67  Trinidad killings, Argentina, Guerrillas , 1972–76 Death Naipaul died at his home in London on 11 August 2018. Before dying he read and discussed Lord Tennyson ’s poem ' Crossing the Bar ' with those at his bedside. His funeral took place at Kensal Green Cemetery.
1943–54: Education: Port of Spain and Oxford 1954–56: London, Caribbean Voices, marriage 1956–58 : Early Trinidad novels HMS Cavina, the peacetime Elders&Fyffes passenger-carrying banana boat, shown in 1941, requisitioned for World War II. In August 1956, Naipaul returned on TSS Cavina to Trinidad for a two-month stay with his family. Diana Athill, the editor at the publishing company André Deutsch, who read Miguel Street, liked it. But the publisher, André Deutsch, thought a series of linked stories by an unknown Caribbean writer unlikely to sell profitably in Britain. He encouraged Naipaul to write a novel. Without enthusiasm, Naipaul quickly wrote The Mystic Masseur in Autumn 1955. On 8 December 1955, his novel was accepted by Deutsch, and Naipaul received a £125 payment. With promotional help from Andre Deutsh, Naipaul's novels would soon receive critical acclaim. The Mystic Masseur was awarded the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 1958, and Miguel Street the Somerset Maugham Award in 1961, W. Somerset Maugham himself approving the first-ever selection of a non-European. 1957–60: A House for Mr Biswas Seepersad Naipaul, father of V. S. Naipaul, and the inspiration for the protagonist of the novel, Mr Biswas, with his Ford Prefect 1961–63: The Middle Passage, India, An Area of Darkness 1964–67: A Flag on the Island, Africa, The Mimic Men 1972–76: Trinidad killings, Argentina, Guerrillas Death Naipaul died at his home in London on 11 August 2018. Before dying he read and discussed Lord Tennyson 's poem Crossing the Bar with those at his bedside. His funeral took place at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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