英語名人堂：杰梅茵·格里爾

杰梅茵·格里爾(Germaine Greer) ，1939年1月29日出生。西方著名的女權(quán)主義作家、思想家和勇敢的斗士，近代女權(quán)主義先驅(qū)，她和美國的貝蒂·弗里丹是上世紀六七十年代西方女權(quán)運動的兩面旗幟，其代表作《女太監(jiān)》名列西方七大女性主義著作之一，深深地影響了西方知識女性的思想和生活。已出版的書有：《女太監(jiān)》、《完整的女人》、《障礙種族》、《性與命運》、《瘋女人的內(nèi)衣》、《莎士比亞》、《爸爸，我們幾乎都不認識你》、《變化》以及《破爛的西比爾斯》。她現(xiàn)任瓦維克大學英文和比較文學研究教授。

Germaine Greer is an Australian-born writer, academic and journalist. She is most famous for speaking out on women’s issues. She is one of the boldest and clearest feminist voices of modern times. She became a household name overnight after the publication of her best-seller ‘The Female Eunuch’. This ground-breaking book won her millions of admirers and critics alike and is still a must read.

Greer was born in Melbourne in 1939. She graduated from university with a degree in English and French language and literature, and moved to Sydney. She lectured at Sydney University and did her Master’s. Her MA thesis won her a scholarship, which she used to do her Ph.D. at Cambridge University at an all-women’s college.

Greer started writing witty articles on gender issues for underground magazines. She married an Australian journalist in 1968, but the marriage lasted only three weeks due to her unfaithfulness. In 1970, ‘The Female Eunuch’ brought her instant fame. She toured the world to promote her book and investigate women’s situations in other countries. She was arrested in New Zealand for using ‘naughty words’ in a speech.

Greer has spent four decades writing and lecturing at universities. The constant theme in her work is that girls are feminized from childhood. She said this eventually leads women to feel powerless. She also continues to speak her mind. She criticized Australians as being "too relaxed to give a damn." In 2007, she called Princess Diana a "desperate woman seeking applause".