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Jean Rhys

1890 - 1979

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Jean Rhys, ( REESS; born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she mainly resided in England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Rhys has received more than 888,007 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Jean Rhys is the 2,851st most popular writer (down from 2,528th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Dominica (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Dominican Writer.

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

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  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Rhys ranks 2,851 out of 5,755Before her are Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Dritëro Agolli, Charles-Louis Philippe, Olena Teliha, Jacques Delille, and Peter Høeg. After her are Daniel Varoujan, Johan Borgen, Andrei Amalrik, Ubayd Zakani, Raffi, and Symeon of Polotsk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Jean Rhys ranks 109Before her are Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Fritz Busch, Johannes Vares, Rachel Bluwstein, Ahmad Kasravi, and Adolphe Menjou. After her are Elpidio Quirino, Henny Porten, Harry Hopkins, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Erik Heinrichs, and Gösta Ekman. Among people deceased in 1979, Jean Rhys ranks 107Before her are Helmut Hasse, José Della Torre, Ita Rina, Fulton J. Sheen, Ferenc Nagy, and Ján Kadár. After her are Johan Borgen, Zhang Guotao, Preguinho, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Aleksei Kapler, and José María Velasco Ibarra.

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In Dominica

Among people born in Dominica, Jean Rhys ranks 2 out of 9Before her are Charles Savarin (1943). After her are Kelvin Felix (1933), Nicholas Liverpool (1934), Eugenia Charles (1919), Henry Wilcoxon (1905), Roosevelt Skerrit (1972), Eliud Williams (1948), and Patrick John (1938).

Among WRITERS In Dominica

Among writers born in Dominica, Jean Rhys ranks 1