Jean Rhys
British novelist (1890–1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean Rhys, CBE (/riːs/ REESS;[3] born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she mainly resided in England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.[4] In 1978, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her writing.
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Born | Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams (1890-08-24)24 August 1890 Roseau or Grand Bay, British Leeward Islands (now Dominica) |
Died | 14 May 1979(1979-05-14) (aged 88) Exeter, Devon, England |
Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, essayist |
Genre | Modernism, postmodernism[1][2] |
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Spouse | Jean Lenglet
(m. 1919; div. 1933)Leslie Tilden-Smith
(m. 1934; died 1945)Max Hamer
(m. 1947; died 1966) |
Children | 2 |
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