Daphne du Maurier

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Daphne du Maurier

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1907 - 1989

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievements

DBE, FRSL

Description

Bisexual, Dame of the British Empire (1969). Romantic novelist and playwright, whose stories revolved around her home county of Cornwall. Notable works include 'Jamaica Inn' (1936), 'Frenchman's Creek' (1941) and Rebecca' (1938). Became reclusive in her later years and focussed on non-fiction and biography, often attributed to the suppression of her attraction toward women by her homophobic father and society.

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