British · 1926–2020
Jan Morris wrote about places and their meanings for half a century. "Last Letters from Hav" was shortlisted for the 1985 Booker Prize, describing an imaginary city-state with such authority that readers searched for it on maps. The Welsh author transitioned in 1972, when she was already established as a travel writer and historian. Morris's work celebrates the pleasures of the world while acknowledging its sorrows.