Dorothy Thomas (marubuci)

**Dorothy Thomas** (Agusta 13, 1898 - Satumba 28, 1990) marubuciya ce kuma marubuciya 'yar Amurka, wacce aka fi sani da gajerun labaranta .

## Rayuwa ta sirri
An haifi Dorothy Thomas a Barnes, Kansas, ta shida cikin 'ya'ya tara da Willard da Augusta Thomas suka haifa. A shekarar 1905, 'Yan Thomases suka ƙaura zuwa Alberta, Kanada suka zauna a wani gidan katako a Battle Lake, amma bayan mutuwar Willard a shekarar 1909, zaman karkara ya yi wa Augusta wahala. Ta mayar da iyalanta zuwa Kansas a shekarar 1912, amma ba da daɗewa ba suka tafi don kafa wani gida na dindindin a Bethany, Nebraska .

A cikin rubutunta, Thomas ya kan yi magana game da rayuwarta ta sirri. A lokacin da take wurin yin rubuce-rubuce a Yaddo, Thomas ya kamu da soyayya da wani marubuci, Leonard Ehrlich. Duk da haka, Thomas daga baya ya rubuta cewa ƙarshen dangantakar "ya jawo min matsala a cikin halayena." Bayan dangantakarta da Ehrlich, Thomas ya zauna a Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, New York City, Vernon, New Jersey da kuma Tsibirin Virgin na Amurka .

A ranar masoya a shekarar 1959, Thomas ya auri John Buickerood a Vernon, New Jersey. Ma'auratan ba su taɓa haihuwa ba. Thomas ya mutu sakamakon bugun jini jim kaɗan bayan mutuwar mijinta a shekarar 1990. Myasthenia Gravis ta kuma raunana jikinta na tsawon lokaci kafin bugun jini ya same ta.

## Ilimi
Dorothy ba ta halarci makaranta ba sai lokacin da take da shekaru 12. Bayan ta koma Lincoln tare da mahaifiyarta da 'yan uwanta, ta daina makarantar sakandare ta kuma sami takardar shaidar koyarwa ta aji biyu domin ta tallafa wa iyalinta tana da shekaru 16. Ta kuma halarci Kwalejin Cotner na zangon karatu biyu da kuma Jami'ar Nebraska da ke Lincoln na zangon karatu ɗaya amma ba ta kammala karatun a ɗayan ba.

Ta sami takardar shaidar koyarwa ta aji biyu a shekarar 1918 kuma ta koyar da makarantar firamare da sakandare na tsawon shekaru goma masu zuwa.  A shekarar 1929, Thomas ya daina koyarwa don ya mai da hankali kan rubutunta kawai. Ta ci gaba da rubutu sama da shekaru 50.

## Sana'a
Ayyukan Thomas sun kama daga na soyayya zuwa na barkwanci, wanda galibi ake kira "[masu ƙalubale] ra'ayoyi marasa tushe game da mutanen ƙauye masu kirki."  Suna bin rayuwar jaruman mata waɗanda, a cewar masanin Thomas Christine Pappas, "mata ne masu dogaro da kansu amma masu laifi."  Waɗannan mata suna ƙin tsammanin zamantakewa na wurare da lokutansu, kamar yadda Thomas da kanta ta ƙi tsammanin zamantakewa ta hanyar ƙirƙirar haruffan mata waɗanda mahaifiyarta Augusta ta kira su "marasa kyau" a cikin nuna rashin amincewarta, wanda ta haɗa a cikin wasiƙar da ta rubuta wa 'yarta. 

A matsayinta na marubuciya mai tasowa, Thomas ya sayar da gajerun labarai ga jaridu kamar *Scribner's* da *American Mercury.* Gajerun labaran Thomas sun kawo mata shahara da yabo cikin sauri. An buga gajerun labaranta a cikin mujallu da mujallu da dama kamar *Prairie Schooner, Atlantic Monthly, Good Housekeeping ,* *Ladies Home Journal ,* da *The New Yorker .*

Bisa ga umarnin Alfred A. Knopf, Thomas ta tattara labaranta da yawa zuwa zagaye biyu na gajerun labarai : *The Home Place* da *Ma Jeeter's Girls.* An buga waɗannan ayyukan biyu a matsayin "littattafai" kuma sun sami nasara sosai *.*  Ta haɗu da mai zane-zane Ruth Gannett don rubuta littafin yara *mai suna Hi-Po the Hippo*, wanda Random House ya buga. Thomas ya buga wani littafi mai suna *The Getaway*, wanda aka sanya wa suna saboda shahararriyar labarinta. Jaridar Nebraska Press ta bayyana littafin a matsayin "labarai goma sha biyu... waɗanda suka shafi kurakuran da ke cikin dangantakar iyali." 

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