托马斯·沃尔夫(1900—1938)是个只活了三十八年的创作力极旺盛的美国当代作家。(本刊在这一期上译载了他的两篇短篇小说。)作者短暂的一生中发表了两部长篇小说:《天使望家乡》和《时间与河流》。它们以北卡罗来纳州的阿尔塔蒙镇和州府为背景,记述了尤金·冈特的童年和大学生活,以及他在戏剧方面不很成功的尝试。作家死 Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) is a very creative contemporary American writer who has lived for only thirty-eight years. (This issue of two of his short stories is published in this issue.) The author published two short stories in his brief life: Angel’s Hometown and Time and the River. In the background of the town and state capital of Altamon, North Carolina, they portray Eugene Gunter’s childhood and college life as well as his unsuccessful attempts at theater. Writers die