Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys | |
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Rhys c. 1921 (colorized portrait) | |
| Born | Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams 24 August 1890 |
| Died | 14 May 1979 (aged 88) Exeter, Devon, England |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, essayist |
| Genre | Modernism, postmodernism |
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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; born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a 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. In 1978, she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her writing.