Daphne du Maurier
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Contents
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.
