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Carlos Dews is an American writer and university professor. He is the chair of the Department of English Language and Literature at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. He co-writes a paranormal thriller series with S. J. Rozan under the pseudonym Sam Cabot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cabot, Sam (3) )〕 == Life and career == Carlos Lee Barney Dews was born September 26, 1963 in Nacogdoches, Texas, the son of Carl and Lois Dews.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dews, C. L. Barney (Carlos Lee Barney) 1963- )〕〔"Biography - Dews, Carlos L. (1963-)" ''Contemporary Authors'' (Biography), Thomson Gale, January 1, 2004.〕 He grew up there on a farm where his father bred and sold fighting cocks throughout east Texas and western Louisiana.〔Freedman,Diane P. & Frey, Olivia (Eds.) ''Autobiographical Writing Across the Disciplines: A Reader'', Duke University Press, 2003, p. 70. ISBN 0-8223-3200-0〕 He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. (with honors) in Humanities, and was conferred M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Literature by the University of Minnesota.〔 He was tenured and promoted to associate professor at the University of West Florida in 1999. A Carson McCullers scholar, Dews served from 2001 to 2003 as the founding director of the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians at Columbus State University in McCullers’s hometown of Columbus, Georgia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Illumination and Night Glare )〕〔Carr, Virginia Spencer ''Understanding Carson McCullers (Understanding Contemporary American Literature)'', University of South Carolina Press, 2005, p. 12. ISBN 1-57003-615-2〕〔Okamoto, Sandra (May 21, 2003) "McCullers Head Dews Resigns CSU Posts". Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. p. C2.〕 After ten years of university teaching, in 2006 Dews returned to graduate school at the New School University in New York. Following completion of an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing in 2008, he relocated to Rome, Italy, where he is an associate professor and chair of the Department of English Language and Literature at John Cabot University, director of the Institute for Creative Writing and Literary Translation, and director of Italy Reads in Rome. He was promoted to full professor at John Cabot University in 2014. When a friend introduced him to the work of Carson McCullers, Dews discovered an affinity for her writing. This led to his doctoral dissertation on her unfinished autobiography. Five years later, after working for ten years to get permission to publish the work, he edited ''Illumination and Night Glare'', the book based on her dictated notes for that autobiography.〔(cover story author bio) ''Oxford American'', 1998, no. 20., p. 2〕 He added a detailed introduction and chronology, letters from World War II between McCullers and her husband to supplement the text's disjointed account, and included her outline from ''The Heart is a Lonely Hunter''—initially called "The Mute".〔Armstrong, Julie Buckner, "Illumination and Night Glare" (review), ''The Southern Quarterly'', Winter 2000, v. 38, no. 2, pp. 165-166〕 About ''Illumination,'' a review said, "Thanks to the diligent work of Carlos Dews...we are given another opportunity to look at the exceptional fiction writer (McCullers)...Dews bestows a great gift by including ''The Mute'' in his edition..."〔Schulman, Sarah, "Illumination and Night Glare" (review), ''The Nation'', June 26, 2000, pp. 39-41〕 He was interviewed for ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' in April 2004, discussing Carson McCullers's book ''The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter'', for which Oprah's Book Club lists Dews as an expert.〔Everett, David ''The Essential David Everett Reader'', Lulu.com, 2012, pp. 204-205. ISBN 978-1-105-32396-6〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EXPERTS: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - Carlos L. Dews )〕 His co-writing thrillers with S. J. Rozan started by telling friends he had an idea for a novel and asking if they knew someone who might be able to collaborate with him. Dews is on the faculty of Art Workshop International in Assisi, Italy, where he teaches creative writing. He is a member of the Authors Guild, International Thriller Writers, American Literature Association, and the Carson McCullers Society (past president).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carlos Dews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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