Frances Kazan

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Frances Kazan (born 1946) is an English-born American author, best known for her 2002

historical novel Halide’s Gift
.

Biography

Born Frances Wright in Brighton, England. She has a B.A. in English literature and an M.A. in Turkish Studies from New York University.[1] She is a longtime resident of New York City.

Kazan has been married twice: to Peter Rudge, former manager of The Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd;[2] and to the director and writer Elia Kazan, from 1981 until his death in 2003. She has two adult children, Joseph and Charlotte Rudge.

From 1997 to 2005, Kazan served as New York correspondent for Cornucopia, an English language magazine about Turkish culture.[2]

Frances Kazan was instrumental in the 2009 Target Margin Theater production of

David Herskovits. Sometimes described as a foray by Williams into the avant garde, Camino Real was the result of a collaboration between Williams and director Elia Kazan.[3][4]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Halide's Gift: Frances Kazan" (PDF). The ATS Book Club Guide. The American Turkish Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Robins, Cynthia (August 16, 2001). "Varied life of director's wife reflected in novels". SF Gate/San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  3. ^ a b McGee, Celia (December 24, 2008). "Back to Tennessee Williams's Surreal Road". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
  4. ^ La Rocco, Claudia (March 9, 2010). "Some Unsettled Ghosts of Theater Past". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2012.

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