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Profile of Jamaica Kincaid on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Jamaica Kincaid  
   
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Date of Birth: 25th May 1949
   
Place of Birth: St. John's, Antigua
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Jamaica Kincaid (b. Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson, 25 May 1949 in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda) is an Antiguan-American novelist. She currently lives in Vermont with her husband, Allen Shawn, the son of The New Yorker's longtime editor William Shawn.

Works

  • "Girl," short story (June 26, 1978, appeared in The New Yorker)
  • At the Bottom of the River (1983)
  • Annie John (1985)
  • A Small Place (1988)
  • Lucy (1990)
  • "On Seeing England for the First Time," essay (1991, appeared in Harper's Magazine)
  • The Autobiography of My Mother (1995)
  • My Brother (1997)
  • My Favorite Plant (editor; 1998)
  • My Garden (1999)
  • Talk Stories (2000)
  • Mr. Potter (2002)

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