Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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West Indian writer, socialist activist, newspaper editor and politician
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About Phyllis Shand Allfrey
- Phyllis Byam Shand Allfrey (24 October 1908 – February 4, 1986) 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 own early life, which in 1991 was turned into a Channel 4 television miniseries in the United Kingdom.
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