Jan Morris, the historian and travel writer who evoked time and place with the flair of a novelist, has died aged 94. But she was also well-known as a transgender pioneer, with Conundrum, her account of the journey from man to woman, an international sensation when it was published in 1974. “This morning at 11.40 at Ysbyty Bryn Beryl, on the Llyn, the author and traveller Jan Morris began her greatest journey. Born James Morris in Somerset in 1926, Morris traced the roots of her transition back to childhood. Returning through the Sinai desert with Israeli forces, Morris noticed Egyptian lorries and tanks that had been completely incinerated.

Source: The Guardian November 20, 2020 16:02 UTC