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Hazel Joan Rowley (16 November 1951 – 1 March 2011) was a British-born Australian author and biographer. Born in London, Rowley emigrated with her parents to Adelaide at the age of eight. She studied at the University of Adelaide, graduating with Honours in French and German. Later she acquired a PhD in French. She taught literary studies at Deakin University in Melbourne, before moving to the United States.〔Rowley, Hazel, ''AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource''〕 Rowley's first published biography, of Australian novelist Christina Stead, was critically acclaimed and won the National Book Council's "Banjo" Award for non-fiction in 1994.〔Bennie, Angela: (Hazel Rowley: Intimate obsessions ), ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', 17 December 2005.〕 Her next biographical work was about the African American writer Richard Wright. Her best-known book, ''Tête-à-tête'' (2005), covers the lives of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre (de Beauvoir had been the subject of Rowley's PhD thesis). Her last published book is ''Franklin & Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage'', about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (2011).〔Romei, Stephen: (Hazel Rowley gravely ill after stroke ), ''The Australian'', 28 February 2011.〕 Rowley suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in New York in February 2011〔 and died there on 1 March.〔Leeds, Adrian: (Inspired by Paris: the Wordsmiths of Our Time ), ''Parler Paris'', 2 March 2011.〕 ==Bibliography== *''Christina Stead: A Biography'' (1994) *''Richard Wright: The Life and Times'' (2001) *''Tête-à-tête: The Lives and Loves of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Sartre'' (2005) *''Franklin & Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage'' (2011) 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「Hazel Rowley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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