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Michelle Cliff (born 2 November 1946) is a Jamaican-American author whose notable works include ''No Telephone to Heaven'', ''Abeng'' and ''Free Enterprise''. Cliff also has written short stories, prose poems and works of literary criticism. Her works explore the various, complex identity problems that stem from post-colonialism, as well as the difficulty of establishing an authentic, individual identity despite race and gender constructs. Cliff is a lesbian who grew up in Jamaica. ==Background== Cliff was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1946 and moved with her family to New York City three years later. She was educated at Wagner College and the Warburg Institute at the University of London. She has held academic positions at several colleges including Trinity College and Emory University. Cliff was a contributor to the 1983 Black feminist anthology ''Home Girls''. As of 1999, Cliff was living in Santa Cruz, California,〔Lisa Diedrich, ("Michelle Cliff" ), Postcolonial Studies @ Emory University.〕 with her partner, poet Adrienne Rich. The two were partners from 1976; Rich died in 2012.〔("Adrienne Rich, 1929-", a time line ), credited as "Page by Chelsea Hoffman, Fall 1999", at the Drew University Women's Studies Program website.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michelle Cliff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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