Author: Shirley Hazzard

Also known as: Hazzard Shirly, Shirley Hazzard

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Books by Shirley Hazzard

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The great fire 679 copies, 11 reviews
The Transit of Venus 309 copies, 5 reviews
Greene on Capri : a memoir 70 copies, 1 review
The bay of noon 59 copies
The evening of the holiday 32 copies
Cliffs of fall, and other stories 24 copies
People in glass houses 19 copies
Countenance of truth : the United Nations and the Waldheim case 4 copies
Defeat of an ideal; a study of the self-destruction of the United Nations 3 copies
Coming of age in Australia 1 copy

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Canonical name

Hazzard, Shirley

Gender

female

Date of birth

1931-01-30

Date of death

Burial location

Nationality

USA

Australia

Places of residence

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (birth)

Naples, Italy

New York, New York, USA

Capri, Italy

Education

Queenwood School for Girls

Occupations

author

writer

Organizations

American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1982)

Awards and honors

Agents

Sheil Land Associates Ltd

Short biography

Married author Francis Steegmuller.

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BBC4 Woman's Hour Shirley Hazzard discusses The Great Fire

WNYC Radio interview with Shirley Hazzard

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