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SusanSontagsbio
苏珊·桑塔格
OneofAmerica’sbest-knownandmostadmiredwriters,SusanSontagwasborninNewYorkCityin1933,grewupinTucson,Arizona,andattendedhighschoolinLosAngeles.ShereceivedherB.A.fromtheCollegeoftheUniversityofChicagoanddidgraduateworkinphilosophy,literature,andtheologyatHarvardUniversityandSaintAnne’sCollege,Oxford.
Herbooks,allpublishedbyFarrar,StrausandGiroux,includefournovels,TheBenefactor,DeathKit,TheVolcanoLover,andInAmerica;acollectionofshortstories,I,etcetera;severalplays,includingAliceinBedandLadyfromtheSea;andeightworksofnonfiction,startingwithAgainstInterpretationandincludingOnPhotography,IllnessasMetaphor,WheretheStressFalls,andRegardingthePainofOthers.In1982,FSGpublishedASusanSontagReader.
HerstoriesandessayshaveappearedinTheNewYorker,TheNewYorkReviewofBooks,TheTimesLiterarySupplement,ArtinAmerica,Antaeus,Parnassus,TheThreepennyReview,TheNation,Granta,andmanyothermagazineshereandabroad.Hermuchanthologizedstory"TheWayWeLiveNow"(1987)waschosenforinclusioninTheBestAmericanShortStoriesoftheEightiesand,morerecently,inTheBestAmericanShortStoriesoftheCentury,editedbyJohnUpdike.
Herbookshavebeentranslatedintothirty-twolanguages.
Ms.Sontaghaswrittenanddirectedfourfeature-lengthfilms:
DuetforCannibals(1969)andBrotherCarl(1971),bothinSweden(whosescreenplayswerepublishedbyFSG);PromisedLands(1974),madeinIsraelduringthewarofOctober1973;andUnguidedTour(1983),fromhershortstoryofthesamename,madeinItaly.HerplayAliceinBedhashadmanyproductionsintheUnitedStates,Mexico,Germany,andHolland.Amorerecentplay,LadyfromtheSea,hasbeenproducedinItaly,France,Switzerland,andKorea.
Ms.SontaghasalsodirectedplaysintheUnitedStatesandEurope;hermostrecenttheatreworkwasastagingofBeckett’sWaitingforGodotinthesummerof1993inbesiegedSarajevo,whereshespentmuchofthetimebetweenearly1993and1996andwasmadeanhonorarycitizenofthecity.
Ahumanrightsactivistformorethantwodecades,Ms.Sontagservedfrom1987to1989aspresidentoftheAmericanCenterofPEN,theinternationalwriters’organizationdedicatedtofreedomofexpressionandtheadvancementofliterature,fromwhoseplatformsheledanumberofcampaignsonbehalfofpersecutedandimprisonedwriters.
AmongMs.Sontag'smanyhonorsarethe2003PeacePrizeoftheGermanBookTrade,the2003PrinceofAsturiasPrize,the2001JerusalemPrize,theNationalBookAwardforInAmerica(2000),andtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAwardforOnPhotography(1978).In1992shereceivedtheMalapartePrizeinItaly,andin1999shewasnamedaCommandeurdel’OrdredesArtsetdesLettresbytheFrenchgovernment(shehadbeennamedanOfficierinthesameorderin1984). Between1990and1995shewasaMacArthurFellow.
Ms.SontagdiedinNewYorkCityonDecember28,2004.
AuthorSusanSontagDies
Aself-described"besottedaesthete"and"obsessedmoralist,"shesoughttochallengeconventionalthinking.Shewas71.
BySteveWasserman
TimesStaffWriter
December28,2004,11:
38AMEST
SusanSontag,oneofAmerica'smostinfluentialintellectuals,internationallyrenownedforthepassionateengagementandbreadthofhercriticalintelligenceandherardentactivisminthecauseofhumanrights,diedtodayofleukemia.Shewas71.
Theauthorof17bookstranslatedinto32languages,shevaultedtopublicattentionandcriticalacclaimwiththe1964publicationof"NotesonCamp",writtenforPartisanReviewandincludedin"AgainstInterpretation,"herfirstcollectionofessays,publishedtwoyearslater.
SontagdiedatMemorialSloanKetteringCancerCenterinNewYorkCity.
Sontagwroteaboutsubjectsasdiverseaspornographyandphotography,theaestheticsofsilenceandtheaestheticsoffascism,BunrakupuppettheaterandthechoreographyofBalanchine,aswellasportraitsofsuchwritersandintellectualsasAntoninArtaud,WalterBenjamin,RolandBarthesandEliasCanetti.
Sontagwasaferventbelieverinthecapacityofarttodelight,toinform,totransform.
"Weliveinaculture,"shesaid,"inwhichintelligenceisdeniedrelevancealtogether,inasearchforradicalinnocence,orisdefendedasaninstrumentofauthorityandrepression.Inmyview,theonlyintelligenceworthdefendingiscritical,dialectical,skeptical,desimplifying."
InaRollingStonearticlein1979,JonathanCottcalledSontagawriterwhowas"continuallyexaminingandtestingouthernotionthatsupposedoppositionslikethinkingandfeeling,consciousnessandsensuousness,moralityandaestheticscaninfactsimplybelookedatasaspectsofeachother—muchlikethepileonthevelvetthat,uponreversingone'stouch,providestwotexturesandtwowaysoffeeling,twoshadesandtwowaysofperceiving."
Aself-described"besottedaesthete"and"obsessedmoralist,"Sontagsoughttochallengeconventionalthinking.
Shewrotefournovels,"TheBenefactor,""DeathKit,""TheVolcanoLover,"and"InAmerica,"whichwonthe2000NationalBookAwardforfiction.
SontagwasbornJan.16,1933,inNewYorkCityandraisedinTucsonandLosAngeles,thedaughterofanalcoholicschoolteachermotherandafurtraderfatherwhodiedinChinaoftuberculosisduringtheJapaneseinvasionwhenSontagwas5.ShewasagraduateofNorthHollywoodHighSchoolandattendedUCBerkeleyandtheUniversityofChicago—whichsheenteredwhenshewas16—andHarvardandOxford.
In1950,whileattheUniversityofChicago,shemetand10dayslatermarriedPhilipRieff,a28-year-oldinstructorinsocialtheory.Twoyearslater,atage19,shehadasonDavid,nowaprominentwriter.Shewasdivorcedin1959andneverremarried.
Sontagwasreadingby3.Inherteens,herpassionswereGerardManleyHopkinsandDjunaBarnes.Thefirstbookthatthrilledherwas"MadameCurie,"whichshereadwhenshewas6.ShewasstirredbythetravelbooksofRichardHalliburtonandtheClassicComicsrenditionofShakespeare's"Hamlet."ThefirstnovelthataffectedherwasVictorHugo's"LesMiserables."
"Isobbedandwailedandthought[books]werethegreatestthings,"sherecalled."IdiscoveredalotofwritersintheModernLibraryeditions,whichweresoldinaHallmarkcardstore,andIusedupmyallowanceandwouldbuythemall."
Sherememberedasagirlof8or9lyinginbedlookingatherbookcaseagainstthewall."Itwaslikelookingatmy50friends.Abookwaslikesteppingthroughamirror.Icouldgosomewhereelse.Eachonewasadoortoawholekingdom."
EdgarAllanPoe'sstoriesenthralledherwiththeir"mixtureofspeculativeness,fantasyandgloominess."UponreadingJackLondon's"MartinEden,"shedeterminedshewouldbecomeawriter."Igotthroughmychildhood,"shetoldtheParisReview,"inadeliriumofliteraryexaltations."
At14,SontagreadThomasMann'smasterpiece,"TheMagicMountain.""Ireaditthroughalmostatarun.Afterfinishingthelastpage,IwassoreluctanttobeseparatedfromthebookthatIstartedbackatthebeginningand,toholdmyselftothepacethebookmerited,rereaditaloud,achaptereachnight."
SontagbegantofrequentthePickwickbookstoreonHollywoodBoulevard,whereshewent"everyfewdaysafterschooltoreadonmyfeetthroughsomemoreofworldliterature—buyingwhenIcould,stealingwhenIdared."
Shealsobecamea"militantbrowser"oftheinternationalperiodicalandnewspaperstandnearthe"enchantedcrossroads"ofHollywoodBoulevardandHighlandAvenue,whereshediscoveredtheworldofliterarymagazines.Shewasfondofrecountinghow,at15,shehadboughtacopyofPartisanReviewandfounditimpenetrable.Nevertheless,"Ihadthesensethatwithinitspagesmomentousissueswereatstake.Iwanteddesperatelytocrackthecode."
At26,shemovedtoNewYorkCitywhere,foratime,shetaughtthephilosophyofreligionatColumbiaUniversity.Atacocktailparty,sheencounteredWilliamPhillips,oneofPartisanReview'slegendaryfoundingeditorsandaskedhimhowonemightwriteforthejournal.Hereplied,"Allyouhavetodoisask.""I'masking,"shesaid.
SoonSontag'sprovocativeessaysonAlbertCamus,SimoneWeil,Jean-LucGodard,KennethAnger,JasperJohnsandtheSupremesbegantospicePartisanReview'spages.Sontagrecoiledatwhatsheregardedastheartificialboundariesseparatingonesubject,oroneartform,fromanother.
"Ilovetoreadthewaypeoplelovetowatchtelevision,"shetoldRollingStone.Forher,culturewasavastsmorgasbord,amovablefeast.Thepoint,sheoftensaid,quotingGoethe,was"toknoweverything."
"SowhenIgotoaPattiSmithconcert,Ienjoy,participate,appreciateandamtunedinbetterbecauseI'vereadNietzsche.ThemainreasonIreadisthatIenjoyit.There'snoincompatibilitybetweenobservingtheworldandbeingtunedintoanelectronic,multimedia,multi-tracked,McLuhaniteworldandenjoyingwhatcanbeenjoyedaboutrock'n'roll."
Sontagdevotedherselftodemolishing"thedistinctionbetweenthoughtandfeeling,whichisreallythebasisofallanti-intellectualviews:
theheartandthehead,thinkingandfeeling,fantasyandjudgment.Thinkingisaformoffeeling;feelingisaformofthinking."
HerquestwasadmiredbysuchwritersasElizabethHardwick,afounderoftheNewYorkReviewofBooks,whoseeditorsquicklyembracedSontag.Inherintroductionto"ASusanSontagReader,"Hardwickcalledher"anextraordinarilybeautiful,expansive,anduniquetalent."
EachofSontag'sessays,Hardwickwrote,"hasap
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