2023年1月13日星期五

Paul Bede Johnson CBE (1928 – 2023) 著書五十餘冊的史家 He wrote outsize histories on a panoply of subjects：摩登時代：從1920年代到1990年代的世界。所謂的知識分子、天才的條件

讀了紐約時報Paul Bede Johnson CBE (1928 – 2023)的訃聞。他每天寫五六千字.....

Jan. 12

BOOKS
Paul Johnson, Prolific Historian Prized by Conservatives, Dies at 94

He wrote outsize histories on a panoply of subjects, found renown in Britain as an indefatigable columnist and infuriated liberals with his outspoken Tory views.

By Richard B. Woodward
PRINT EDITIONPaul Johnson, Prolific Historian and Vocal Conservative, Dies at 94|January 13, 2023, Page B12

Hombre leyendo un libro con una lupa 1952
André Kertést

你和其他61人

Hombre leyendo un libro con una lupa 1952

Man reading a book with a magnifying glass 1952

（英國）保羅·約翰遜（Paul Johnson）譯者：秦傳安 ,摩登時代：從1920年代到1990年代的世界(上下冊)

所謂的知識分子：那些爆紅的時代人物，與他們內心的惡魔(上、下冊不分售)

中文書

保羅．約翰遜周詩婷

優惠價: 75 折, 615 元

天才的條件：17位創作大師的天賦、激情與魔性

中文書

保羅．約翰遜蔡承志

共和國的守護者：馬基維利、拿破崙與托克維爾(共三冊)

Protectors of the Republics: Reflections on Machiavelli, Napoleon, Tocqueville

作者：羅斯．金恩, 保羅．約翰遜, 約瑟夫．艾普斯坦追蹤作者新功能介紹
原文作者： Ross King, Paul Johnson, Joseph Epstein
譯者：吳家恆, 李怡芳, 柯慧貞, 傅士哲
出版社：左岸文化訂閱出版社新書快訊新功能介紹
出版日期：2016/05/11
語言：繁體中文

定價：840元

Paul Johnson CBE
Johnson in 2005
Born	Paul Bede Johnson 2 November 1928 Manchester, England
Died	12 January 2023 (aged 94) London, England
Education	Stonyhurst College
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupations	Journalist popular historian
Known for	Editor of the New Statesman (1965–1970)
Spouse	Marigold Hunt (m. 1958)
Children	4, including Daniel and Luke
Website	pauljohnsonarchives.org

Paul Bede Johnson CBE (2 November 1928 – 12 January 2023)^[1] was an English journalist, popular historian, speechwriter, and author. Although associated with the political left in his early career, he became a popular conservative historian.

Johnson was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. He first came to prominence in the 1950s as a journalist writing for and later editing the New Statesman magazine. A prolific writer, Johnson wrote more than 50 books and contributed to numerous magazines and newspapers.^[2] His sons include the journalist Daniel Johnson, founder of Standpoint magazine, and the businessman Luke Johnson, former chairman of Channel 4.

Early life and career

Honours[edit]

In 2006, Johnson was honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President George W. Bush.^[38]

Johnson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to literature.^[39]

Partial bibliography[edit]

Johnson's books are listed by subject or type. The country of publication is the UK, unless stated otherwise.

Anthologies, polemics and contemporary history[edit]

Johnson, Paul Bede; Abel-Smith, Brian; Calder, Nigel; Hoggart, Richard; Jones, Mervyn; Marris, Peter; Murdoch, Iris; Shore, Peter; Thomas, Hugh; Townsend, Peter; Williams, Raymond (1957), "A Sense of Outrage", in Mackenzie, Norman Ian (ed.), Conviction, London: MacGibbon & Kee, pp. 202–17.
Johnson, Paul Bede (1957), The Suez War, London: MacGibbon & Kee.
——— (1958), Journey into Chaos, Western Policy in the Middle East, London: MacGibbon & Kee.
——— (1971), Statesmen and Nations, Sidgwick & Jackson. An anthology of New Statesman articles from the 1950s and 1960s.
——— (1977), Enemies of Society, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
——— (1980), The Recovery of Freedom, Mainstream, Basil Blackwell.
——— (1981), Davis, William (ed.), The Best of Everything – Animals, Business, Drink, Travel, Food, Literature, Medicine, Playtime, Politics, Theatre, Young World, Art, Communications, Law and Crime, Films, Pop Culture, Sport, Women's Fashion, Men's Fashion, Music, Military – contributor.
——— (1985), The Pick of Paul Johnson, Harrap.
——— (1991) [1986], The Oxford Book of Political Anecdotes (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press.
——— (1988), Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky, Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
1994 The Quotable Paul Johnson A Topical Compilation of His Wit, Wisdom and Satire (George J. Marlin, Richard P. Rabatin, Heather Higgins (Editors)) 1994 Noonday Press/1996 Atlantic Books (US)
1994 Wake Up Britain – a Latter-day Pamphlet Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1996 To Hell with Picasso & Other Essays: Selected Pieces from "The Spectator" Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2009 Churchill (biography), 192 pp.^[40]
2012 Darwin: Portrait of a genius (Viking, 176 pages)

Art and architecture[edit]

1980 British Cathedrals Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0-297-77828-5
1993 Gerald Laing : Portraits Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd (with Gerald Laing & David Mellor MP)
1999 Julian Barrow's London Fine Art Society
2003 Art: A New History Weidenfeld & Nicolson

History[edit]

1972 The Offshore Islanders: England's People from Roman Occupation to the Present/to European Entry [1985 ed as History of the English People; 1998 ed as Offshore Islanders: A History of the English People] Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1974 Elizabeth I: a Study in Power and Intellect Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1974 The Life and Times of Edward III Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1976 Civilizations of the Holy Land Weidenfeld & Nicolson

1977 Education of an Establishment in The World of the Public School (pp. 13–28), edited by George MacDonald Fraser, Weidenfeld & Nicolson /St Martins Press (US edition)
1978 The Civilization of Ancient Egypt Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1981 Ireland: A Concise History from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day [as ...Land of Troubles 1980 Eyre Methuen] Granada
1983 A History of the Modern World from 1917 to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicolson – Paperback^[41]
1983 Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the 1980s Weidenfeld & Nicolson [later, ...Present Time and ...Year 2000 2005 ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson – Hardcover
1986 The Oxford Book of Political Anecdotes Oxford University Press (editor)
1987 Gold Fields A Centenary Portrait Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1987 The History of the Jews [2001ed] Weidenfeld & Nicolson (later editions titled A History of the Jews)
1991 The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815–1830 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) ISBN 978-1-78-022714-6
1997 A History of the American People Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 0-06-093034-9 ^[42]
2000 The Renaissance [: A Short History *] Weidenfeld & Nicolson/*Random House (USA)
2002 Napoleon (Lives S.) Weidenfeld & Nicolson [2003 Phoenix pbk]
2005 George Washington: The Founding Father (Eminent Lives Series) Atlas Books
2006 Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney HarperCollins Publishers (US) ISBN 0-06-019143-0
2007 Heroes: From Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar to Churchill and De Gaulle HarperCollins Publishers (US) ISBN 978-0-06-114316-8, 0-06-114316-2; HarperCollins Publishing link to book Archived 28 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine
2010 Humorists: From Hogarth to Noel Coward HarperCollins Publishers (US) ISBN 978-0-06-182591-0
2011 Socrates: A Man For Our Times Viking (US)

Memoirs[edit]

2004 The Vanished Landscape: A 1930s Childhood in the Potteries Weidenfeld & Nicolson: ISBN 978-0-7538-1933-3
2010 Brief Lives Hutchinson

Novels[edit]

1959 Left of Centre MacGibbon & Kee ["Left of Centre describes the meeting of a Complacent Young Man with an Angry Old City"]
1964 Merrie England MacGibbon & Kee

Religion[edit]

1975 Pope John XXIII Hutchinson
1977 A History of Christianity Weidenfeld & Nicolson /1976 Simon & Schuster /Atheneum (US) ISBN 0-684-81503-6 (S&S Touchstone division paperback edition published in 1995)
1982 Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Restoration St Martins Press
1996 The Quest for God: A Personal Pilgrimage Weidenfeld & Nicolson/HarperCollins (US)
1997 The Papacy Weidenfeld & Nicolson
2010 Jesus: A Biography From a Believer Penguin Books

Travel[edit]

1973 The Highland Jaunt Collins (with George Gale)
1974 A Place in History: Places & Buildings of British History Omega [Thames TV (UK) tie-in]
1978 National Trust Book of British Castles Granada Paperback [1992 Weidenfeld ed as Castles of England, Scotland And Wales]
1984 The Aerofilms Book of London from the Air Weidenfeld & Nicolson

2023年1月10日星期二

帕斯捷爾納克、普希金、雨果

精神貴族

       我讀帕斯捷爾納克自傳《人與事》，記憶最深的是這句話：「我可以像海涅一樣說：『作為詩人，我也許不值得被記住，但作為一個為自由而鬥爭的戰士，我將被人們銘記。』」
       事實也是如此。今天他的詩名遠低於他為自由謳歌的小說家之名。他的《日瓦戈醫生》比他的詩流傳得更廣。這本只能偷送到蘇聯國外出版的小說，其寫作和出版的過程，本身就是一部傳奇。
        如今看來，那本小說其實只是違背官方「社會主義現實主義」寫作規條，以一名自由知識分子立場描述了十月革命之後的俄國內戰，故事抒情，筆調溫婉。但在那個只允許《鋼鐵是怎樣煉成的》、《青年近衛軍》等紅色經典存在的時代，已屬離經叛道。
       關鍵在於，帕斯捷爾納克從一開始就知道這是一部惹禍之作，但親歷了斯大林暴政，見證了好友阿赫瑪托娃、茨維塔耶娃、曼德爾施塔姆等天才詩人慘遭迫害，後兩位還死於非命，他認為自己對同時代人負有一筆巨債。
    「寫這部小說是試圖償還債務。」他在回憶錄中說：「多年以來我只寫抒情詩和翻譯，現在我認為我有責任用小說講述我們的時代。」
       小說果然引起軒然大波，因為在那個年代，社會主義陣營空前強大，知識份子左傾成為時髦，就連紀德那樣的法國文豪，說幾句蘇聯壞話也會引來一片謾罵。現在竟有這麼一位蘇聯詩人，敢於從鐵幕後面發出自己的聲音。立即引起轟動。小說被譯成二十種語言，并獲得第二年的諾貝爾文學獎。
       這下蘇聯炸鍋了。帕斯捷爾納克被開除出作家協會，愛國賊們還舉着標語牌上街遊行，呼籲政府將他驅除出境，他們高呼着：「猶大，從蘇聯滾出去！」
       身為一名年近七十的老人，帕斯捷爾納克不想背井離鄉過流亡生活，他只好拒絕領獎。但從此難以發表作品，幽居家中，靠養老金度日。在孤寂和痛苦中度過生命的最後兩年。
        2018年我去莫斯科旅遊，本要去他的墓地憑弔。但當地朋友告訴我，那墓地很難找，而且連墓碑也沒有。據說，這是他的遺願：不入公墓，不要墓碑。他知道，他的靈魂將永遠活在他的作品中。

       我想起了普希金。
       普希金去世時也是遵照他的遺願葬在家院的一個角落。墓前的小小墓碑上，刻着他為自己寫的墓誌銘：
       「這兒埋葬着普希金，/他和年輕的繆斯一起/度過了快樂的一生。/他沒作過甚麼善事，但在心靈上，/卻實實在在是個好人。」
       他深信自己的詩已經為自己建立起了「一座非人工砌造的紀念碑」。
       「不，我不會完全死亡。」在<紀念碑>一詩中，他寫道：「我的靈魂將在我遺留的詩句中/逃過腐朽，比我的骨灰活得更為長久。」

        這跟雨果關於靈魂的一句話正是遙相呼應。當有人對雨果說「人死後靈魂也結束了」時，雨果高傲地回答：「你的靈魂也許是這樣；但我知道我的靈魂是永生的。」
        因為雨果也跟普希金一樣，不畏強權，不媚俗眾，「在這殘酷的世紀，/我歌頌過自由，/并為犧牲者們祁禱過悲憫。」
        誰說沒有精神貴族？這就是。

People 人物 To Mention Only A FEW.

2023年1月13日星期五