Question: Tim Winton and Jean Rhys, have very similar occupations?

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Alexis Lykiard: Alexis Lykiard (born 1940) is a British writer of Greek heritage, who began his prolific career as novelist and poet in the 1960s.  His poems about jazz have received particular acclaim, including from Maya Angelou, Hugo Williams, Roy Fisher, Kevin Bailey and others.  He is also known as translator of Isidore Ducasse, Comte de Lautréamont, Alfred Jarry, Antonin Artaud and many notable French literary figures.  In addition, Lykiard has written two highly praised intimate memoirs of Jean Rhys: "Jean Rhys Revisited" (2000) and "Jean Rhys: Afterwords" (2006).

An Open Swimmer: An Open Swimmer was the first novel by multi-award-winning Australian author, Tim Winton.  Winton wrote this novel while attending a creative writing course at Curtin University.  In 1981 it won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, and thereby kick-started Tim Winton's successful writing career.

The Boy Behind the Curtain: The Boy Behind the Curtain (2016) is an autobiographical work by multi award-winning Australian author Tim Winton.  Through a series of short stories he chronicles important events which helped to shape his life and his writing.

Down to Earth: Australian Landscapes: Down to Earth: Australian Landscapes is a non-fiction book by photographer Richard Woldendorp with an essay by multi-award winning Australian author Tim Winton originally published in 1999.  The book is a collection of photographs of the Australian landscape, with an accompanying essay by Winton that examines his personal responses to the land.

The Collected Shorter Novels of Tim Winton: The Collected Shorter Novels of Tim Winton is a collection of early short novels by award-winning Australian author Tim Winton.  Published in 1995, it includes "An Open Swimmer", "That Eye, The Sky" and "In the Winter Dark".

Good Morning, Midnight (Rhys novel): Good Morning, Midnight is a 1939 modernist novel by the author Jean Rhys.  Often considered a continuation of Rhys' three other early novels, "Quartet" (1928), "After Leaving Mr Mackenzie" (1930) and "Voyage in the Dark" (1934), it is experimental in design and deals with a woman's feelings of vulnerability, depression, loneliness and desperation during the years between the two World Wars.  The book initially sold poorly—critics thought it well written, but too depressing—and after its publication Rhys spent a decade living in obscurity.  It was not until it was adapted into a theatrical production in 1949, and again into a radio play 1957 by the BBC, that Rhys was once again put into the spotlight.

Tigers Are Better-Looking: Tigers are Better-Looking is a collection of short stories written by famed Dominican author Jean Rhys, published in 1968 by André Deutsch and reissued by Penguin ten years later.  This collection combines eight stories written by Rhys during the 1950s (her period of obscurity) with another nine from her previous efforts in 1927's "The Left Bank and Other Stories".  In 1979, the title story from Rhys's collection was adapted into a UK-produced short film, directed by Hussein Shariffe.

Tim Winton: Tim (Timothy John) Winton (born 4 August 1960) is a multi-award-winning Australian writer of novels, children's books, non-fiction books and short stories.

Jean Rhys: Jean Rhys, CBE ( ; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979), born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams, was a mid-20th-century novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica, though she was mainly resident in England from the age of 16.  She is best known for her novel "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1966), written as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre".

The Turning (short story collection): The Turning is a collection of short stories by multi-award winning Australian author Tim Winton published in April 2005.

Supporting paragraphs: Tim Winton Jean Rhys
Answer: yes