Michelle Cliff

Michelle Cliff
Michelle Cliff
	Cliff in the 1980s
Born	2 November 1946 ; Kingston, Jamaica
Died	12 June 2016 (aged 69)
Alma mater	Wagner College; University of London ;
Occupation	Writer
Works	Abeng (1985); No Telephone to Heaven (1987); Free Enterprise (2004)

Michelle Carla Cliff (2 November 1946 – 12 June 2016) was a Jamaican-American author whose notable works included Abeng (1985), No Telephone to Heaven (1987), and Free Enterprise (1993).

In addition to novels, Cliff also wrote short stories, prose poems, and literary criticism. Her works explore the identity problems that stem from postcolonialism, race and gender constructs. A historical revisionist, many of Cliff's works seek to advance an alternative view of history against established mainstream narratives.^[1] Cliff identified as biracial and bisexual, and had both Jamaican and American citizenship. Her writings focused often on Caribbean identity.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr., eds. (2016). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography. New York. ISBN 978-0-19-993579-6. OCLC 927363773.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[ReferenceA-1] Knight, Franklin W.; Gates, Henry Louis Jr., eds. (2016). Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography. New York. ISBN 978-0-19-993579-6. OCLC 927363773.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Michelle Cliff
Cliff in the 1980s
Born	2 November 1946 Kingston, Jamaica
Died	12 June 2016 (aged 69)
Alma mater	Wagner College University of London
Occupation	Writer
Works	Abeng (1985); No Telephone to Heaven (1987); Free Enterprise (2004)

Michelle Cliff

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