Valerie Boyd

**Valerie Boyd** (11 ga Disamba, 1963 – 12 ga Fabrairu, 2022) marubuciya ce kuma malama ‘yar Amurka. Ta fi shahara da tarihin rayuwar Zora Neale Hurston da ta rubuta mai suna Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston. Boyd ta kasance farfesa mai taimako kuma Charlayne Hunter-Gault Distinguished Writer-in-Residence a Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication na Jami’ar Georgia, inda take koyar da rubutun labaran gaskiya (narrative nonfiction), da kuma jaridar fasaha da adabi.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Boyd a Atlanta, Georgia,  a ranar 11 ga Disamba, 1963.   Mahaifinta yana da gidan mai da shagon taya; mahaifiyarta matar gida ce. Boyd ya yi karatu a Makarantar Jarida ta Medill ta Jami'ar Northwestern, inda ya kammala karatun digiri na farko a Kimiyya a shekarar 1985. Daga baya ta yi karatun digiri na biyu a Kwalejin Goucher, inda ta sami digiri na biyu a fannin rubuce-rubuce marasa almara a shekarar 1999.  

## Sana'a

### Aikin Jarida
Boyd ta fara aiki a matsayin editan kwafi na *Atlanta Journal-Constitution* tun daga shekarar 1985. Daga baya ta zama 'yar jarida, mai sukar littattafai, kuma editan layi na jaridar. Boyd ta kafa *EightRock*, wata mujalla ta zamani game da fasahar baƙar fata da al'adu, a shekarar 1990. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ta haɗu da kafa *HealthQuest*, mujalla ta farko da aka rarraba a ƙasa da ke mai da hankali kan lafiyar Baƙar fata-Amurka, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin babban editan ta.   Labaranta, kasidu da sharhinta suma sun bayyana a cikin *Mujallar Baƙar fata a Ilimi Mai Girma*, *Ms.*, *Paste*, The *Oxford American*, *Book*, *Essence*, *The Washington Post*, *[[Los Angeles Times|The Los Angeles Times]]*, *Creative Nonfiction*, *African American Review*, da sauran wallafe-wallafe.   Daga ƙarshe Boyd ya zama Editan Fasaha na *Journal-Constitution*, matsayin da ta riƙe har sai da ta bar jaridar a shekarar 2004. 

An buga a shekarar 2003, littafin Boyd *mai suna Wrapped in Rainbows* shi ne tarihin rayuwa na farko na marubuciya kuma masanin ilimin ɗan adam Zora Neale Hurston cikin shekaru 25.  Boyd ta ce ta ji alaƙa mai ƙarfi da marubucin tun lokacin da ta fara karanta littafin Hurston *mai suna Their Eyes Were Watching God*, a lokacin shekararta ta farko a Jami'ar Northwestern.  Ta bayyana gogewarta a matsayin jin daɗin da aka yi mata na ƙalubalen rubuta *Wrapped in Rainbows* lokacin da ta ji marubucin tarihin rayuwar Hurston na farko, Robert Hemenway, wani farar fata, yana magana a bikin Zora Neale Hurston na 1994 na Fasaha da Bil Adama a Eatonville, Florida . Hemenway ya ba da shawarar cewa lokaci ya yi da za a yi sabon tarihin rayuwa kuma a wannan karon ana buƙatar mace baƙar fata ta rubuta shi.  

*Jaridar Washington Post* ta ayyana *Wrapped in Rainbows a matsayin* "takaitaccen tarihin rayuwar Hurston na shekaru masu zuwa."  Marubuciya Alice Walker, wacce ta lashe kyautar Pulitzer, ta ce game da aikin Boyd, "Wannan 'yar, Valerie Boyd, ta rubuta tarihin rayuwar Zora Neale Hurston wanda zai zama mizani na shekaru masu zuwa. Tana bayar da kyawawan barkwanci na Zora mai launuka iri-iri, jarumtaka ta mutum ɗaya da kuma rashin son kai, Boyd ya yi adalci ga ruhi mara tsoro da rayuwar jarumtaka." 

### Ilimi
Bayan ta bar Mujallar Kundin Tsarin Mulki a shekarar 2004, Boyd ta shiga jami'a. An nada ta Charlayne Hunter-Gault, marubuciya mai daraja a mazauninta a Kwalejin Aikin Jarida da Sadarwa ta Henry W. Grady shekaru uku bayan haka. Ta kafa ƙungiyar Alice Walker Literary Society a shekarar 1997, tare da Beverly Guy-Sheftall da Rudolph Byrd . Ta kuma kasance memba a kwamitin gudanarwa na National Book Critics Circle.

Boyd ya yi tafiya zuwa Amurka yana gabatar da jawabai da laccoci kan rayuwar Zora Neale Hurston da kuma gadonta a matsayin wani ɓangare na Big Read, wani shiri da National Endowment for the Arts ta dauki nauyinsa wanda aka tsara don sake kafa karatu don jin daɗi a matsayin wani shahararren abin sha'awa na Amurka.   

## Rayuwa daga baya
An nada Boyd a matsayin edita a Jami'ar Georgia Press a shekarar 2021. An tsara Simon & Schuster/37 Ink za ta buga littafinta, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, bayan mutuwarsa a bazara na 2022.

Boyd ya mutu a ranar 12 ga Fabrairu, 2022, a wani asibiti da ke Atlanta. Tana da shekaru 58, kuma tana fama da cutar kansar pancreas kafin rasuwarta.  

## Lambobin yabo da karramawa
Boyd ya sami kyautar Marubuciyar Shekara ta Georgia a fannin almara, haka kuma an ambaci wani sanannen littafin da ƙungiyar Laburare ta Amurka ta bayar saboda aikinta a cikin littafin *Wrapped in Rainbows* . Cibiyar Georgia don Littafin ta sanya shi a cikin ɗaya daga cikin "Littattafai 25 da Ya Kamata Duk 'Yan Georgian Su Karanta", kuma ƙungiyar Masu Sukar Littattafai ta Southern Book Circle ta karrama shi da kyautar Littafin Kudu ta 2003 don mafi kyawun almara na shekara.  An shigar da Boyd cikin Zauren Shahararrun Marubuta na Georgia a 2021.  An fara nuna wani shirin gaskiya game da rayuwar Boyd da aikinsa, *Zora Head: Rayuwa da Karatu na Valerie Boyd*, a bikin fina-finai na BronzeLens a 2024. 

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