As per our current Database, Jamaica Kincaid is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Jamaica Kincaid is 75 years, 5 months and 27 days old. Jamaica Kincaid will celebrate 76rd birthday on a Sunday 25th of May 2025. Below we countdown to Jamaica Kincaid upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Jamaica Kincaid |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Age | 75 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 25, 1949 (Barbados) |
| Birthday | May 25 |
| Town/City | Barbados |
| Nationality | Barbados |
Jamaica Kincaid’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.
Jamaica Kincaid was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.
Antiguan Novelist, Essayist, and gardening expert whose fiction and non-fiction works often explore themes of colonialism, imperialism, and racism. Her novels include Lucy (1990) and Mr. Potter (2002), and her non-fiction works include A Small Place (1988) and My Garden Book (2001).
She grew up in poverty in Antigua and later worked in Westchester, New York as an au pair. Before beginning her literary career, she briefly attended Franconia College in New Hampshire.
She converted to Judaism.
She was born Elaine Potter Richardson and changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid upon the publication of her first work. She married Allen Shawn, with whom she had two children: Harold and Annie.
She and Jim Carroll both published their work in The Paris Review.
