约翰·加德纳(1933～1982),美国现代派作家,同时在学术领域也很有建树。出生于纽约巴塔维亚。49岁时死于一场摩托车事故。童年开拖拉机玩耍时无意中碾死弟弟,这一阴影像噩梦般跟随了他一生。他在多所大学教过写作课,是著名作家卡佛的老师,曾让居无定所的卡佛在自己的办公室里写作。他的长篇小说具有强烈的哲学思考色彩,主要作品有《格伦德尔》《十月之光》《阳光对话》等。 John Gardner (1933 ~ 1982), a writer of American modernism, also made great achievements in the academic field at the same time. Born in New York, Batavia. At the age of 49 died of a motorcycle accident. Childhood tractor play accidentally ran over to death his brother, this dark nightmare like to follow his life. He taught writing lessons at multiple colleges and was a teacher at the famous writer Carver, who had written in his office at Carver, where he had no place to go. His novels have a strong philosophical thinking, the main works are “Grundlear” “Light of October” “Sunshine Dialogue” and so on.