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Bio

(1946-2016) Writer. Michele Cliff was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and died in Santa Cruz, California.

Full Name

Michelle Cliff

Locations

Richmond

Author's Timeline


1946

BIRTH

Michelle Carla Cliff was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on November 2, 1946.

1960

RESIDENCE

Ms. Cliff's family moved to Staten Island, New York, in 1960.

1969

OTHER

Ms. Cliff earned a bachelor's degree in European history from Wagner College on Staten Island, New York, in 1969.

1978

LITWORK

The Winner Names The Age: A Collection Of Writings By Lillian Smith
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
039308826X / 978-0393088267
Edited by Ms. Cliff.

1980

LITWORK

Claiming An Identity They Taught Me To Despise
Persephone Press
0930436067 / 978-0930436063
Collection of prose poems.

1984

LITWORK

Abeng
Crossing Press
0895941406 / 978-0895941404
Novel.

1985

LITWORK

The Land Of Look Behind: Prose And Poetry
Firebrand Books
0932379095 / 978-0932379092
Collection of prose and poetry.

1987

LITWORK

No Telephone To Heaven
Dutton Adult
0525245081 / 978-0525245087
Novel.

1990

LITWORK

Bodies Of Water
Dutton Adult
0525248641 / 978-0525248644
Collection of stories.

1993

LITWORK

Free Enterprise: A Novel Of Mary Ellen Pleasant
Dutton Adult
0525937048 / 978-0525937043
Novel.

1998

LITWORK

The Store Of A Million Items
Mariner Books
0395901294 / 978-0395901298
Collection of short stories.

2008

LITWORK

If I Could Write This In Fire
University Of Minnesota Press
0816654743 / 978-0816654741
Collection of essays.

2010

LITWORK

Into The Interior
University Of Minnesota Press
0816669791 / 978-0816669790
Novel.

2016

DEATH

Michele Cliff died at her home in Santa Cruz, California, on June 12, 2016.

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