# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-bissoondath
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:19:43.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-bissoondath"
name: "Neil Bissoondath"
slug: "neil-bissoondath"
description: "Neil Devindra Bissoondath is a Trinidadian-Canadian author who lives in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He is a noted writer of fiction. He is an outspoken critic of Canada's system of multiculturalism, and is the nephew of authors V. S. Naipaul, Shiva Naipaul, and Savi Naipaul Akal; grandson of Seepersad Naipaul; grandnephew of Rudranath Capildeo and Simbhoonath Capildeo; and cousin of Vahni Capildeo."
tagline: "Trinidadian-Canadian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neil_Bissoondath.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1955-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.62
  momentum:             5.672314347512617
  historical:           4.813104
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-bissoondath-5a471627/"
    handle:    "neil-bissoondath-5a471627"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bissoondath"
    title: "Neil Bissoondath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bissoondath"
    title: "Neil Bissoondath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bissoondath"
    title: "Neil Bissoondath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4"
    title: "नील विष्णुदत्त"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bissoondath"
    title: "Neil Bissoondath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3337811"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump