Jean Rhys | |
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_with_Mollie_Stoner,_Velthams,_1970s_B.jpg) Rhys and Mollie Stoner in the 1970s | |
| Born | Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams 24 August 1890 Roseau or Grand Bay, British Leeward Islands (now Dominica) |
| Died | 14 May 1979 (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 |
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 resided mainly 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.
- ^ Gardiner, Judith Kegan (Autumn 1982 – Winter 1983). "Good Morning, Midnight; Good Night, Modernism". Boundary 2. 11 (1/2): 233–51. doi:10.2307/303027. JSTOR 303027.
- ^ Castro, Joy (Summer 2000). "Jean Rhys" (PDF). The Review of Contemporary Fiction. XX (2): 8–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Collins English Dictionary: Definition of Rhys". Collins. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Modjeska, Drusilla (1999). Stravinsky's Lunch. Sydney: Picador. ISBN 0-330-36259-3.