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Shirley Hazzard
Shirley Hazzard (1931-2016) was born in Australia, and in early years traveled the world with her parents due to their diplomatic postings. At sixteen, living in Hong Kong, she was...mehr sehenShirley Hazzard (1931-2016) was born in Australia, and in early years traveled the world with her parents due to their diplomatic postings. At sixteen, living in Hong Kong, she was engaged by British Intelligence, where, in 1947-48, she was involved in monitoring the civil war in China. Thereafter, she lived in New Zealand and in Europe; in the United States, where she worked for the United Nations Secretariat in New York; and in Italy. In 1963, she married the writer Francis Steegmuller, who died in 1994.
Ms. Hazzard's novels are The Evening of the Holiday (1966), The Bay of Noon (1970), The Transit of Venus (1981) and The Great Fire (2003). She is also the author of two collections of short fiction, Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories (1963) and People in Glass Houses (1967). Her nonfiction works include Defeat of an Ideal (1973), Countenance of Truth (1990), and the memoir Greene on Capri (2000). She lived in New York, with sojourns in Italy.weniger sehen
Bücher von Shirley Hazzard
The Great Fire: A Novel Collected Stories Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen4/5Greene on Capri: A Memoir Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen3/5People in Glass Houses: A Novel Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen3/5The Ancient Shore: Dispatches from Naples Bewertung: 0 von 5 Sternen0 BewertungenWe Need Silence to Find Out What We Think: Selected Essays Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen4/5
Hörbücher von Shirley Hazzard
The Great Fire Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen3/5Collected Stories Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen4/5