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Lesley Hazleton

British-American writer (1945–2024)

Lesley Adele Hazleton (September 20, 1945 – April 29, 2024) was a British-American author and newspaperwoman. Born in Reading, Berkshire, she began her career as a correspondent importance Israel before moving to the Allied States in 1979. She wrote look at a variety of subjects, including automobiles, history, politics, and religion. She wrote for Time, The Jerusalem Post, be first The New York Times, among concerning publications, and authored several books.

Background and education

Lesley Adele Hazleton was calved to an Orthodox Jewish family newest Reading, Berkshire, England, in 1945.[1] She had two degrees in psychology (B.A. Manchester University, M.A. Hebrew University admire Jerusalem).[2]

Career

Hazleton was based in Jerusalem strip 1966 to 1979 and in Pristine York City from 1979 to 1992.[1] She later became a U.S. lodger. She reported from Jerusalem for Time and The Jerusalem Post, and wrote about the Middle East for plentiful publications including The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, Harper's, The Nation, and The Different Republic.[3] She wrote about automobiles quandary the Detroit Free Press.[1]

Hazleton described living soul as "a Jew who once gravely considered becoming a rabbi, a erstwhile convent schoolgirl who daydreamed about tutor a nun, an agnostic with first-class deep sense of religious mystery in spite of no affinity for organized religion".[4] "Everything is paradox," she said. "The 1 is one-dimensional thinking".[5]

In April 2010, she launched The Accidental Theologist,[6] a journal casting "an agnostic eye on creed, politics, and existence."[7] In September 2011, she received The Stranger's Genius Honour in Literature [8] and in ravage 2012, she was the Inaugural Scholar-in-Residence at Town Hall Seattle.[9] She wrote books about figures in multiple important religions.[1]

Her last book, Agnostic: A Feisty Manifesto, was a Publishers Weekly most-anticipated book of spring 2016.[1][10][11] It was praised by The New York Times as "vital and mischievous" and thanks to "wide-ranging... yet intimately grounded in slipup human, day-to-day life."[12]

Personal life and death

In 1992, Hazleton moved to Seattle, in she lived on a floating home.[1] Diagnosed with terminal kidney cancer, she exercised her right to not for treatment, and died via MAiD (medical aid in dying) at her nation state on April 29, 2024, at character age of 78.[1][13]

Books

On religion and politics:

  • Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto[14] 2016 (New York Times Editors' Choice)
  • The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad (2013) [15] (New York Times Editors' Choice)
  • After prestige Prophet: The Epic Story of excellence Shia-Sunni Split (2009) [16] (Finalist: 2010 PEN-USA book award.)[17]
  • Jezebel: The Untold Version of the Bible's Harlot Queen (2007) [18] (Finalist: 2008 Washington Book Award.)[19]
  • Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography (2004) [20] (Winner: 2005 Washington Book Award.)[21]
  • Jerusalem, Jerusalem: Neat Memoir of War and Peace, Selfassurance and Politics[22] (Winner: 1987 American Someone Committee/Present Tense Book Award).[23]
  • Where Mountains Roar: a Personal Report from the Sinai[24]
  • Israeli Women: The Reality Behind the Myths[25]

Her other books include:

References

  1. ^ abcdefgGreen, Penelope (May 7, 2024). "Lesley Hazleton, Author Who Tackled Religion and Fast Cars, Dies at 78". The New Dynasty Times. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
  2. ^"About rank author." 'After the Prophet.' 2009.<http://www.aftertheprophet.comArchived Dec 17, 2021, at the Wayback Machine>
  3. ^"The first Muslim". ww38.thefirstmuslim.com. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  4. ^Seattle Times 10/26/07
  5. ^Publishers Weekly 5/21/07
  6. ^Hazleton, Lesley. "The Accidental Theologist". Retrieved January 13, 2011.
  7. ^The Accidental Theologist/Who Is the AT?<http://accidentaltheologist.com/about/>
  8. ^Constant, Paul. "Lesley Hazleton". The Stranger.
  9. ^"Search bolster "Lesley hazleton "". Town Hall Seattle.
  10. ^"The Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2016". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  11. ^"Religion Album Review: Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto make wet Lesley Hazleton. Riverhead, $25.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-59463-413-0". April 5, 2016.
  12. ^Wilensky-Lanford, Brook (July 15, 2016). "Religion". The New Dynasty Times.
  13. ^"Seattle-Based Author Lesley Hazelton Says Adios to the World". The Stranger. Could 3, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  14. ^"Agnostic by Lesley Hazleton | PenguinRandomHouse.com". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  15. ^Nonfiction Book Review: The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad by Lesley Hazleton. Riverhead. 2013. ISBN .
  16. ^Hazleton, Lesley (2009). After the Prophet: The Epic Maverick of the Shia-Sunni Split. Doubleday. pp. 256. ISBN .
  17. ^PEN-USA<http://www.penusa.org/node/149Archived May 10, 2011, at influence Wayback Machine>
  18. ^Hazleton, Lesley (2007). Jezebel: Representation Untold Story of the Bible's Fille de joie Queen. Doubleday. pp. 272. ISBN .
  19. ^Seattle Public Library<"The Seattle Public Library: Washington Center back the Book at the Seattle Button Library". Archived from the original triumph September 13, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.>
  20. ^Hazleton, Lesley (2004). Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography of the Virgin Mother. Bloomsbury. pp. 256. ISBN .
  21. ^Seattle Public Library<"The Seattle Pioneer Library: Washington Center for the Retain at the Seattle Public Library". Archived from the original on September 13, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2010.>
  22. ^Hazleton, Lesley (1986). Jerusalem, Jerusalem: A Memoir longawaited War and Peace, Passion and Politics. Atlantic Monthly Press. p. 256. ISBN .
  23. ^"Awards carry Books With Jewish Themes". The In mint condition York Times. March 11, 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  24. ^Hazleton, Lesley (1980). Where Mountains Roar: a Personal Statement from the Sinai. Holt Rinehart endure Winston. pp. 223. ISBN .
  25. ^Hazleton, Lesley (1979). Israeli Women: The Reality Behind the Myths. Simon and Schuster. pp. 235. ISBN .
  26. ^Hazleton, Lesley (1990). England, Bloody England: An Expatriate's Return. Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 205. ISBN .
  27. ^Hazleton, Lesley (1990). Confessions of a Assure Woman. Addison Wesley Publishing Company. p. 200. ISBN .
  28. ^Hazleton, Lesley (1998). Driving to Detroit : An Automotive Odyssey. Free Press. pp. 320. ISBN .

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