Phyllis Byam Shand Allfrey was a West Indian writer, socialist activist, newspaper editor and politician of the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. She is best known for her first novel, The Orchid House (1953), based on her early life.
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Phyllis Byam Shand Allfrey was a West Indian writer, socialist activist, newspaper editor and politician of the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. She is best known for her first novel, The Orchid House (1953), based on her early life. In 1991, it was adapted into a Channel 4 television miniseries of the same name in the United Kingdom, directed by Horace Ové.
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1908 to 1986 · aged 77
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