Jean D'Costa
Jamaican children's novelist, linguist and professor emeritus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean Constance D'Costa (born 13 January 1937)[1] is a Jamaican children's novelist, linguist, and professor emeritus. Her novels have been praised for their use of both Jamaican Creole and Standard English.[1]
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Born | Jean Constance Creary (1937-01-13) 13 January 1937 (age 87) St. Andrew, Colony of Jamaica, British Empire |
Occupation | Professor, linguist |
Language | English, Jamaican Creole[1] |
Alma mater | University College of the West Indies Oxford University |
Genre | Children's literature |
Notable awards | Silver Musgrave Medal (1994) |
Spouse | David D'Costa |
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