Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid | |
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Kincaid in September 2019 | |
| Born | Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson May 25, 1949 St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda |
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| Education | Franconia College (no degree) |
| Genre | Fiction, memoir, essays |
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| Notable awards | American Academy of Arts and Letters, 2004 |
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| Children | 2 |
Jamaica Kincaid (/kɪnˈkeɪd/; born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson on May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan–American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. Born in St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, she now lives in North Bennington, Vermont, and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence, Emerita at Harvard University.