Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer
Jamaica Kincaid
Kincaid in September 2019
Born
Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson (1949-05-25) May 25, 1949 (age 74) St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Nationality
Antiguan
Education
Franconia College
Genre
Fiction, memoir, essays
Notable works
Annie John (1985)
A Small Place (1988)
Lucy (1990)
Notable awards
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2004
Spouse
Allen Shawn
(m. 1979; div. 2002)
Children
2
Jamaica Kincaid (/kɪnˈkeɪd/; born May 25, 1949)[1] is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda). She lives in North Bennington, Vermont and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University during the academic year.[2]
^Farrior, Angela D. "Jamaica Kincaid". Writers of the Caribbean. East Carolina University. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
^"Jamaica Kincaid - Harvard University Department of English". English.fas.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
JamaicaKincaid (/kɪnˈkeɪd/; born May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. She was born in St. John's...
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work of creative nonfiction published in 1988 by JamaicaKincaid. A book-length essay drawing on Kincaid's experiences growing up in Antigua, it can be read...
history at Bennington College and was formerly married to novelist JamaicaKincaid, with whom he has a son, Harold, and a daughter, Annie. He is married...
of the River is a collection of short stories by Caribbean novelist JamaicaKincaid. Published in 1983, it was her first short story collection. The collection...
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clean, after which he is welcomed back home with his now pink face. JamaicaKincaid also considers the Noddy books to be "deeply racist" because of the...
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essay "A Small Place" by JamaicaKincaid. The IMF loans were conditional on structural adjustment policies, which required Jamaica to enact major economic...
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noted conservative scholar Arabic scholar Bassam Frangieh Author JamaicaKincaid Political scientist Ken Miller Historian Wendy Lower Psychologist Diane...
be considered a British writer instead of a Trinidadian writer, or JamaicaKincaid and Paule Marshall American writers, but most West Indian readers and...
toll of slavery, and the costs remaining. It's all in the hair. Like JamaicaKincaid, who writes only about a character named Mother, I've decided to write...
Norwegian actress and former Miss Norway Angela Hartnett, English chef JamaicaKincaid, Antiguan-American author and Harvard professor Veronica Maggio, Swedish...
Kover; with an introduction and notes, by Werner Sollors; foreword by JamaicaKincaid (Modern Library pbk. ed.). New York: Modern Library. ISBN 9780812975895...
editor, publisher, publication, or organization. Past winners include JamaicaKincaid, John Ashbery, Joan Didion, Norman Mailer, Peter Matthiessen, George...
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