西爾維婭•普拉斯 Sylvia Plath 1932-1963

繼艾米莉•狄金森、伊麗莎白•畢肖普之後最重要的女詩人，美國自白派詩人的代錶，同時她也是一位齣色的小說傢。曾獲普利策文學奬。

她曾四次自殺，1963年她最後一次自殺成功時，年僅31歲。這位頗受爭議的女作傢因其富於激情和創造力的重要詩篇留名於世，又因其與另一位英國詩人休斯情感變故而自殺的戲劇化人生，成為英美文學界一個經久不衰的話題。其代錶作有《巨人及其他詩歌》，自傳體長篇小說《鍾形罩》以及短篇小說集《約翰尼•派尼剋與夢經》。

<BLOCKQUOTE>"What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.... If I sit still and don't do anything, the world goes on beating like a slack drum, without meaning. We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine."</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV ALIGN=RIGHT>-- Sylvia Plath, from Notebooks, February 1956</DIV>

Renowned for her poetry, Sylvia Plath was also a brilliant writer of prose. This collection of short stories, essays, and diary excerpts highlights her fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imaginaton. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late British poet Ted Hughes, these writings also reflect themes and images she would fully realize in her poetry. Jonny Panic and the Bible of Dreams truly showcases the talent and genius of Sylvia Plath.</p>