Jean Rhys
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Jean Rhys (left, in hat) with Mollie Stoner, Velthams, 1970s
Jean Rhys, CBE (24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979), born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams, was a novelist from Dominica. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea.
Early life
Rhys was born to a Welsh father and a white Creole mother.[1] In 1907 Rhys left her Caribbean island home to live in England with her aunt.[2] In 1919 Rhys married. In 1927 her first collection of short stories The Left Bank and Other Stories was published by Jonathan Cape (London). Her first novel was published in 1928. That year she moved to London. She married her agent in 1934.[3]
Death
Rhys died alone in a nursing home in Devon in 1979, just before her 87th birthday.[2]
References
- ↑ "Jean Rhys: Prostitution, alcoholism and the mad woman in the attic". The Independent. 3 May 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Staff, Guardian (30 September 2006). "The prime of Miss Jean Rhys" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ Flood, Alison (7 March 2012). "Jean Rhys's flat receives the blue plaque treatment" – via www.theguardian.com.