![]() ![]() In the 1920s, she relocated to Europe, travelled as a Bohemian artist, and took up residence sporadically in Paris. She moved to England at the age of 16 years in 1906 and worked unsuccessfully as a chorus girl. This "prequel" won a prestigious William Henry Smith literary award in 1967.Ī Scottish mother bore her to a Welsh father. This Caribbean woman published her first four during the 1920s and 1930s, but emerged as a significant literary figure in the mid 20th century. During this period, Rhys, familiar with modern art Known West Indian-born British writer Jean Rhys, originally Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams based Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), a novel, on the character of the first Mistress Rochester in Jane Eyreof Charlotte Brontë. A Scottish mother bore her to a Welsh father. This "prequel" won a prestigious William Henry Smith literary award in 1967. ![]() Known West Indian-born British writer Jean Rhys, originally Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams based Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), a novel, on the character of the first Mistress Rochester in Jane Eyreof Charlotte Brontë. ![]()
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