NEIL   BISSOONDATH

DATE OF BIRTH: 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH: Arima, Trinidad
EDUCATION: York University, Toronto, Canada (B.A. in French, 1977)
CAREER:                                 The nephew of famous writers Vidia Naipaul and Shiva Naipaul, Bissoondath emigrated to Canada in 1973 and went on to write the following books:
  • 1985 - Digging Up the Mountains
  • 1988 - A Casual Brutality
  • 1991 - On the Eve of Uncertain Tomorrows
  • 1992 - The Age of Innocence
  • 1994 - Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multi-Culturalism in Canada
  • 1999 - The Worlds Within Her
  • 2003 - Doing the Heart Good
  • 2005 - The Unyielding Clamour of the Night
Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit