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Gillian Bouras (born 18 August 1945) is an expatriate Australian writer who has written several books, short stories and articles, many of these dealing with her experiences as an Australian woman in Greece. ==Life== Gillian Bouras was born in Melbourne in 1945. Both her parents and her grandfather were school teachers. Her childhood was spent moving in several towns in Australia Victoria, including Nhill and Beechworth, and Melbourne.〔Bouras (2006) p. 12〕 Gillian Bouras studied for her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne, and from 1967 to 1980 she worked as a secondary school teacher of English. In 1981 Mrs Bouras completed her Master of Education thesis at the same university〔Bouras (c.2003)〕 on the life of her grandfather: ''School teacher in Victoria: The biography of Arthur John Hicks''.〔National Library of Australia〕 She married George Bouras, a Greek emigrant to Australia, in 1969. In 1980 Gillian went with her husband and her two sons to the Peloponnese area of Greece, initially for a six-month holiday, but the family stayed. She had her third son in Greece, and eventually became a Greek citizen. In 1996, her younger sister Jacqui committed suicide, after decades of mental illness. Bouras' book, ''No Time for Dances'', explores her sister's life in an attempt to understand her suicide. Gillian Bouras wrote: "I keep trying to close a mental door, or to put a very firm lid on these questions, for there are no answers, and writing them down is one way of attempting closure."〔Bouras (2006) p. 6〕 Gillian Bouras now lives in the Peloponnese, Greece,〔Statement from G. Bouras, 2010〕 but she maintains her ties with Australia. 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「Gillian Bouras」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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