Shirley Abbott (author)

**Shirley Jean Tomkievicz** ( née **a Abbott** ; 16 ga Nuwamba, 1934, Hot Springs, Arkansas - 8 ga Afrilu, 2019, Portland, Oregon ) editan mujallar Amurka ce, marubuci, ɗan jarida, kuma masanin tarihi. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a Shirley Jean Abbott a Hot Springs, Arkansas, mahaifinta ƙwararren mai yin fare ne wanda ke yin fare a kan tseren dawaki ba bisa ƙa'ida ba, amma a zahiri memba ne mai daraja a cikin al'umma.  Abbott ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1952 daga makarantar sakandare a Hot Springs, Arkansas, a matsayin mai ba da shawara kan harkokin aure kuma a shekarar 1956 ya sami digiri na farko ( *cum laude* ) a Turanci da Faransanci daga Kwalejin Mata ta Jihar Texas (wanda aka sake masa suna a shekarar 1957 Jami'ar Mata ta Texas ). A shekarar 1956, a matsayinta na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka lashe gasar muƙala, tana ɗaya daga cikin matasa mata ashirin da editocin mujallar  suka zaɓa a matsayin editocin baƙi masu albashi a birnin New York saboda fitowarsu ta Kwalejin.  Abbot ta karɓi aikin a birnin New York don tserewa daga Kudancin da aka raba, wanda ta ga ba ta da daɗi.  Na ɗan lokaci daga 1956 zuwa 1957 ta yi aiki a birnin New York a matsayin mataimakiyar edita ga Henry Holt and Company .  Ta kasance a shekarar karatu ta 1957-1958 a fannin Fulbright Scholar a Jami'ar Grenoble, kuma a shekarar karatu ta 1958-1959, ɗaliba ce mai digirin farko a fannin tallafin karatu a Sashen Faransanci na Jami'ar Columbia .  Ta yanke shawarar ba za ta koyar da Faransanci ba, ta kuma bar makarantar digiri na biyu. 

## Sana'a
A shekarar 1959, an ɗauki Abbott aiki a birnin New York ta , inda ta yi aiki sama da shekaru 15 kuma ta kasance babban editan mujallar tsawon shekaru da dama.  Kamar yadda Encyclopedia of Arkansas ya lura, "Abbott ta rubuta labarai ga , *Lear's*, , , , *Southern Living*, *McCall's*, , da *Boston Review*, da kuma jaridu. Baya ga mutanen Arkansas da tarihinta, ta rubuta game da abinci, kadarorin tarihi, da gidajen tarihi". 

Tsawon shekaru 25, ta yi aiki a matsayin 'yar jarida kuma edita a UC Berkeley Wellness Letter,   wanda Makarantar Lafiyar Jama'a ta UC Berkeley ta buga tare da haɗin gwiwar Jami'ar Buga Lafiya a birnin New York. 

A ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2001, a cikin gidanta mai nisan mil ɗaya (kilomita 1.6) daga Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya, Shirley Abbott Tomkievicz tana magana da wata kawarta a wayarta lokacin da jirgin sama na farko ya tashi . Rushewar Cibiyar Ciniki ta Duniya ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin littafinta *na The Future of Love*, littafinta na farko (kuma na tilo). 

A watan Satumba na shekarar 1964 a Manhattan ta auri Alexander W. Tomkievicz (1926–2012), wani mai zane a fannin kasuwanci.   zuwa 2012 ita da mijinta suna zaune a gidansu da ke Haydenville, Massachusetts a matsayin 'yan fansho na rabin lokaci (kodayake sun ci gaba da mallakar wani gida a birnin New York). Lokacin da ya mutu, ta koma birnin New York. 

A shekarar 2005 ta sami kyautar Porter ta Arkansas saboda ba ta da labari.  A shekarar 2008 aka zaɓe ta a zauren shahararru na marubuta na Arkansas. 

A cikin shekarun ƙarshe na rayuwarta ta sayi gida a Portland, Oregon kuma ta ƙaura daga birnin New York don ta kasance kusa da dangin ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'yanta mata. Bayan rasuwarta sakamakon cutar kansa a shekarar 2019 tana da shekaru 84, ta bar 'ya'yanta mata biyu da jikoki uku.

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