Hazel Barnes
| Hazel E. Barnes | |
|---|---|
 Hazel at her 92nd Birthday | |
| Born |
December 16, 1915 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
March 18, 2008 (aged 92) Boulder, Colorado |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Philosopher, translator |
| Known for | English translator of Jean-Paul Sartre |
Hazel Estella Barnes (December 16, 1915 – March 18, 2008) was an American philosopher, author, and translator. Best known for her popularization of existentialism in America, Barnes translated the works of Jean-Paul Sartre as well as writing original works on the subject. After earning her Ph.D. from Yale in 1941, she spent much of her career at the University of Colorado. In 1979, Barnes became the first woman to be named Distinguished Professor at CU-Boulder.[1] In recognition of her long tenure and service to the University, in 1991 CU established the Hazel Barnes Prize[2] for faculty who best embody "the enriching interrelationship between teaching and research." In 1962, Barnes was the host of a television series -- "Self Encounter: A Study in Existentialism"—which ran for 10 episodes and appeared on National Public Television.[3]
Her autobiography, The Story I Tell Myself : A Venture in Existentialist Autobiography, was published in 1997.
Partial bibliography
Original works
- The Literature of Possibility: a Study in Humanistic Existentialism (1959)
- Hippolytus In Drama And Myth (1960)
- An Existentialist Ethics (1967)
- The University as the New Church (1970)
- Sartre (1973)
- The Meddling Gods: Four Essays on Classical Themes (1974)
- Sartre and Flaubert (1981)
- The Story I Tell Myself : A Venture in Existentialist Autobiography (1997)
Translations
- Being and Nothingness (1956)
- Existential Psychoanalysis (1962)
- The Problem of Method (1963)
References
External links
- Hazel Barnes article at the Window.
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