Novelist Jamaica Kincaid

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Jamaica Kincaid

Living place: Barbados

Birthday: 25-5-1949 (75 years old)

Global rank: #24552

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Who is Novelist Jamaica Kincaid?
Antiguan novelist, commentator, and horticulture expert whose work fiction and non-fiction frequently explores themes of colonialism, imperialism, and racism. Her novels include Lucy (1990) and Mr. Potter (2002), and her nonfiction works include A Small Place (1988) and My Book Garden (2001). She converted to Judaism.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She grew up in poverty in Antigua and later worked in Westchester, New York as an au couple. Before beginning her literary career, she briefly attended Franconia College in New Hampshire.

Family life info

She was born Elaine Potter Richardson and changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid upon publishing her first work. She married Allen Shawn, with whom she had two children: Harold and Annie

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Jamaica Kincaid?
She and Jim Carroll both published their work at The Paris Review.

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When was Novelist Jamaica Kincaid born?
Jamaica Kincaid birthday 25-5-1949 (at the age of 75).
Where is Novelist Jamaica Kincaid's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jamaica Kincaid was born in . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Ox. Jamaica Kincaid's global rank is 24552 and whose rank is 104 in list of famous Novelist.
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Events in 1949 and 25-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Jamaica Kincaid

  • Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO (Apr. 4).
  • German Federal Republic (West Germany) established (Sept. 21).
  • Communist People's Republic of China formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong (Oct. 1).
  • South Africa institutionalizes apartheid.
  • Britain recognizes the independence of the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland remains a part of the United Kingdom.

Birthday Jamaica Kincaid (25-5) in history

  • Day 25-5 year 1787: The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia under the leadership of George Washington, in order to establish a new U.S. government.
  • Day 25-5 year 1925: John Scopes was indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
  • Day 25-5 year 1935: American track star Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied another in a little over an hour.
  • Day 25-5 year 1965: Muhammad Ali knocked Sonny Liston out cold in the first round, after 1 minute and 56 seconds, for the world heavyweight title.
  • Day 25-5 year 1968: The Gateway Arch was dedicated in St. Louis.
  • Day 25-5 year 1969: Midnight Cowboy, the only x-rated film to win a best picture Oscar, was released.
  • Day 25-5 year 1979: The worst air disaster in U.S. history (excluding the Sept. 11 attacks) occurred when a DC-10 crashed at Chicago's O'Hare airport, killing over 270 people.
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