Autobiography of My Mother

Jamaica Kincaid (born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson, May 25, 1949, in St. John's, Antigua) is an acclaimed Antiguan-American novelist, essayist, and gardening writer whose lyrical works explore themes of colonialism, family, and identity, with notable books including Annie John, Lucy, At the Bottom of the River, A Small Place, and The Autobiography of My Mother. She has received major awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship (1985), Anisfield-Wolf Book Award (1997), Dan David Prize (2017), and the Paris Review Hadada Prize for lifetime achievement (2022), and served as Professor Emerita at Harvard University.