新浪尚文

　　在过去的二十五年当中，迈克尔-波伦出版和发表了大量著作和文章，讨论自然与人类文明的交集：在我们的餐桌上、农场和花园里、以及人类构建的环境中。

中美文化艺术论坛嘉宾迈克尔-波伦(MichaelPollan)

　　他是《饮食规则》(2010)、《食物无罪》(2008)、《杂食者的两难境地》(2006)和《植物的欲望》(2001)等四本《纽约时报》畅销书 的作者。其中《杂食者的两难境地》一书更是入选了由《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》评选的“2006年度十大出版物”。这本书同时还获得了北加州图书奖和杰 姆斯奖，并入选美国国家书评委员会奖决赛名单。此书在2009年又针对年轻读者群的需求推出了青少年版。《植物的欲望》一书在2001年获得美国博多书店 “原声文学奖”非虚构类作品奖，该书还被美国书商协会和亚马逊网选为年度最佳图书。美国公共广播电视台(PBS)还专门为此书制作了一部长达两个小时的纪 录片。波伦还是《我的地盘》 (1997)和《第二天性》(1991)两书的作者。

　　波伦先后于2010和2009年分别入选《时代》杂志评选的“世界最有影响力的100人”，和《新闻周刊》评选的“十大新思想领袖”。波伦从 1987年起就开始担任《纽约时报杂志》的撰稿人。他的作品也为他赢得了众多奖项，包括入选2009年“美国国家杂志最佳杂文奖”终选名单、2003年度 “杰姆斯最佳杂志长篇连载奖”、1997年度“约翰-巴勒斯最佳自然历史杂文奖”。他的首部著作《第二天性》就获得了美国优质平装书俱乐部评选的“新视野 奖”。他的专题报道也获得了众多奖项的青睐，他在转基因农作物问题上的跟踪报道获得了“路透社－国际自然保护联盟环境新闻奖”。2003年，他关于畜牧业 的专题报道还赢得了美国慈善协会“创世纪奖”。此外，他获得过的奖项还包括美国玉米种植协会的“农业真相新闻报道奖”(2008)、美国生物科学研究所的 “总统引用奖”(2009)和自然资源保护委员会的“自然之声奖”(2009)。他的杂文还被收录在包括《美国年度优秀杂文》(1999、2003)、 《美国年度最佳科普杂文》(2004)、《诺顿自然文集》以美国国家公共电台(NPR)著名主持人艾拉-格拉斯编辑的《纪实类文学新星》在内的众多文集当 中。

　　他除了定期为《纽约时报杂志》撰稿之外，还常为《哈珀》杂志(波轮曾在1984到1994年间担任该杂志行政总编)、《国家地理》、《母亲琼斯》、 《国家》、《纽约书评杂志》、《时尚》、《旅游＋休闲》、《美食家》、《家居与园艺》、《园艺》等众多著名杂志撰稿。2009年，波轮除了在PBS电视台 为他的著作《植物的欲望》一书制作的纪录片中出镜之外，还出现在奥斯卡提名纪录片《食品公司》中。

　　在2003年，迈克尔-波伦被任命为加利福尼亚州伯克利大学新闻研究生院的约翰-S与杰姆斯-L-奈特教授，并担任科学和环境新闻学奈特项目的主任。除了教授新闻学之外，他还受邀进行关于食品、农业、健康和环境等方面的讲座。

　　迈克尔·波伦出生于1955年，在长岛长大。先后就读于本宁顿学院和牛津大学，后在哥伦比亚大学获得了他的英语文学硕士学位。他现在和妻子，画家朱迪斯-贝尔泽，儿子艾萨克一起生活在加州旧金山湾区。

　　For the past twenty-five years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where nature and culture intersect: on our plates, in our farms and gardens, and in the built environment. He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual (2010)； In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (2008)； The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) and The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (2001). The Omnivore’s Dilemma was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. It also won the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, the James Beard Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A young readers edition called The Omnivore’s Dilemma: the Secrets Behind What You Eat was published in 2009. The Botany of Desire received the Borders Original Voices Award for the best non-fiction work of 2001, and was recognized as a best book of the year by the American Booksellers Association and Amazon.com. PBS premiered a two-hour special documentary based on The Botany of Desire in fall 2009. Pollan is also the author of A Place of My Own (1997) and Second Nature (1991)。

　　Pollan was named to the 2010 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In 2009 he was named by Newsweek as one of the top 10 “New Thought Leaders。” A contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine since 1987, his writing has received numerous awards: he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award in 2009 for best essay; he received the James Beard Award for best magazine series in 2003; the John Burroughs prize in 1997 for best natural history essay; the QPB New Vision Award for his first book, Second Nature; the 2000 Reuters-I.U.C.N. Global Award for Environmental Journalism for his reporting on genetically modified crops; the 2003 Humane Society of the United States’ Genesis Award for his writing on animal agriculture; the 2008 Truth in Agricultural Journalism Award from the American Corngrowers Association; the 2009 President’s Citation Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and the 2009 Voices of Nature Award from the Natural Resources Defense Council. His essays have appeared in many anthologies, including Best American Essays (1990 and 2003)， Best American Science Writing (2004)， the Norton Book of Nature Writing, and The New Kings of Non-Fiction, edited by Ira Glass。

　　In addition to publishing regularly in The New York Times Magazine, his articles have appeared in Harper’s Magazine (where he served as executive editor from 1984 to 1994)， National Geographic, Mother Jones, The Nation, The New York Review of Books, Vogue, Travel + Leisure, Gourmet, House & Garden and Gardens Illustrated, among others. In 2009, he appeared in a two-hour PBS special based on The Botany of Desire as well as in the documentary Food Inc., which received an Academy Award nomination。

　　In 2003, Pollan was appointed the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and the director of the Knight Program

　　in Science and Environmental Journalism. In addition to teaching, he lectures widely on food, agriculture, health and the environment。

　　Michael Pollan, who was born in 1955, grew up on Long Island, and was educated at Bennington College, Oxford University, and Columbia University, from which he received a Master’s in English. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, the painter Judith Belzer, and their son, Isaac。