Happy Birthday to Sir Vidia Naipaul, epic Laureate who made neo-colonials squirm

Today we celebrate Nobel Laureate, Sir Vidya Naipaul’s birthday. He would have been 91. Born in central Trinidad’s yet to be named city of Chaguanas on August 17, 1932, Sir Vidia rode on his father’s wish for him to be a writer – Letters Between Father and Son – his own love of reading and writing to challenged the colonial status quo in a manner that had even the neo-colonials squirming under their armours of psuedo-liberation clad in the garb of mental slavery.

He died on August 11, 2018. His works and his words live on!

Experimentation with new forms

Naipaul was constantly experimenting with new literary forms to the point of declaring the end of the novel. This is exemplified in his use of mixed forms and genres in his later works. It is such innovations that inspired my creation of the newest creative genre, the Multimedia Microepic which adapts the classical long form epic for the digital age.

Particular insights into the works of Naipaul is treated in LiTTscapes -Landscapes of Fiction along withthe works and lifestyles, cultures, fiction and folklore of more than 100 other writer.

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Enjoy some musings on his work, impact and influence through these posts.

They include the memorable meeting with Sir Vidia and a tete-a-tete about his father’s influence on him and contribution to literature, celebrating the production of the film of his book The Mystic Masseur with producer/director Merchant Ivory and reflections on his death with a review of his funeral which went viral globally! Happy reading to all readers of Caribbean literature.

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About Dr Kris Rampersad

Dr Kris Rampersad is an independent scholar, author, innovator and creator of the newest creative genre, the multimedia micro epic