Rosa Guy
American writer (1922-2012) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89
Rosa Cuthbert Guy was a Trinidad-born American writer and activist who grew up in the New York metropolitan area. Her family had immigrated and she was orphaned when young. Raised in foster homes, she later was acclaimed for her books of fiction for adults and young people that stressed supportive relationships.
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Inscription by Guy on the flyleaf of a copy of her novel A Measure of Time: "To Walter Gaye my old and dear friend luck! Rosa Guy 6/29/83" (with a pencilled footnote in a different hand: "and ex-'husband'")
Pencilled note (in the same copy of A Measure of Time as the above inscription): "Rosa does not acknowledge this, but Dorine is a portrait of her stepmother"About this person
Country
United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2012 · aged 89
