Jamaica Kincaid

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Born May 25, 1949, Jamaica Kincaid (born May 25, 1949) is a novelist, essayist, gardener, and garden writer.

She was born in St John's, Antigua (part of the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda).

During the summers, she lives in North Bennington, Vermont (in the United States), and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence at Harvard University during the academic year.

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Awards and honors

• 1984: Morton Dauwen Zabel Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for At the Bottom of the River
• 1984: Shortlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for At the Bottom of the River.
• 1985: Guggenheim Award for Fiction
• 1985: Finalist for the International Ritz Paris Hemingway Award for Annie John
• 1997: Shortlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for The Autobiography of My Mother
• 1997: Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Autobiography of My Mother
• 1999: Lannan Literary Award for Fiction
• 2000: Prix Femina étranger for My Brother
• 2004: American Academy of Arts and Letters
• 2009: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 2010: Center for Fiction's Clifton Fadiman Medal for Annie John
• 2011: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Tufts University
• 2014: Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award for See Now Then
• 2015: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Brandeis University
• Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award
• 2017: Winner of the Dan David Prize in Literature
• 2021: Royal Society of Literature International Writer
• 2022: The Paris Review Hadada prize for lifetime achievement