Who better to compare and contrast these two remarkable men than their remarkable biographers, Walter Isaacson and John Huey? 就比较和对比这两位杰出人物而言,还有谁能比两人杰出的传记作家沃尔特·艾萨克森和约翰·休伊做得更好呢?
So I want to start by asking our biographers: How did you get to know the subjects of your books? 所以我首先想问两位传记作家的是:你们与他们是如何结识的?
Biographers, journalists and fans got in touch, urging him to release the other 23 hours or to turn them into a book. 传记作家、新闻记者和粉丝竞相和他联系,催促他赶快把另外23个小时的素材也放出来,或者写一本书。
Modern biographers do not invent such stories. 现代传记作家不胡编这样的故事。
Forkel, one of Bach's earliest biographers, tells us that Bach himself was not too happy whenever he had to perform particularly his polyphonic pieces on the harpsichord. 据巴赫最早的传记作者Forkel说,巴赫很不情愿在羽管键琴上演奏自己的复调作品。
Biographers make the mistake of spending too much time worshipping at the altar of their subjects. 传记作者总是会花太多的时间把他们的对象放在神坛上膜拜,这其实是错误的。
In many ways he was the ultimate fan, and most of his biographers have commented on his engrossment with sport, but few have explored this topic and its meaning in depth. 从很多方面来讲,他是个彻头彻尾的体育迷,他的多数传记作家都提到了他对体育的迷恋,但是却很少有人详细地探讨这个话题及其意义。
Years ago, one of Bill Clinton's biographers described his approach to government as a permanent campaign, and it appears to be his wife's preferred form of existence as well. 多年前,克林顿的传记作者之一曾将他的执政手法描述为永不停歇的竞选,这似乎也是他妻子的首选生存方式。
His biographers have conjectured that Hughes's hypochondria began in childhood, with his mother's excessive concern for his health. 他的传记作家们猜测说,休斯的强迫症从孩童时代母亲对他的健康过份关注的时候就已经开始了。
Biographers tend to be more accurate and objective than autobiographers. 传记作家一般比自传作家更精确、更客观。
Biographers probe the psycho-dynamics of presidents 'personal relationships. 传记作者探察了总统私人关系的心理动态。
Second, truthfulness is the conscience and responsibility of biographers; 第二,真实是传记作家的良心和责任;
In the 20th century, more modern biographers tend to give explanation to the hero's personality. 到20世纪以后,现代传记家又更多地考虑对传主人格的发展进行解释。
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was one of the famous British Romantic novelists, short story writers, dramatists, essayists, as well as biographers in the 19th century. 玛丽·沃尔斯通克拉芙特·雪莱是19世纪英国著名的浪漫主义小说家、短片故事作家、戏剧家、散文家和传记作者。