Jean Rhys
(1890-1979)
Dominican writer
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Jean Rhys, CBE (born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams (24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979), was a mid-20th-century novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she was mainly resident 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. In 1978, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her writing.
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24 August 1890 Roseau, Dominica, British West Indies
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| Died |
14 May 1979 (aged 88) Exeter, Britain
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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