Jamaica Kincaid (1949-) Born Elaine Potter Richardson in St. Johns,Antigua,completed her secondary education under the British system and left Antigua(before its Independence) when she was 17. As the eldest of four,and the only girl, she was apprenticed to a seamstress, then plucked from school,and sent to the US as an au pair(“really a servant'"互t婢， 指以授课、协助家务等换取膳宿的姑娘) changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family disapproved of her writing.Jamaica Kincaid (1949- ) • Born Elaine Potter Richardson in St. Johns, Antigua, completed her secondary education under the British system and left Antigua (before its Independence) when she was 17. • As the eldest of four, and the only girl, she was apprenticed to a seamstress, then plucked from school, and sent to the US as an au pair (“really a servant”互婢， 指以授课、协助家务等换取膳宿的姑娘) • changed her name to Jamaica Kincaid because her family disapproved of her writing