凯瑟琳·安·波特是美国南方女性文学的代表作家。[1]她出生于美国得克萨斯的一个天主教徒家庭,其家族曾经非常出名,但她出生时却已家道中落。波特的童年凄苦,幼时丧母,在祖母的抚养下成人。她受过的教育也不多,从私立学校到修道院,波特接受的刻板教育激起了她的反抗意识。年少时的经历在波特的心中留下不可磨灭的痕迹,在她的作品中也常常反映出来。波特的长项是短篇,她在短篇领域也取得了 Catherine Ann Potter is the representative writer of the South American female literature. [1] She was born in a Catholic family in Texas, United States. Her family was once famous but she was born and married. Porter’s childhood miserable, his childhood mother, in the care of grandmother adult. She received little education, from private schools to the monastery, Porter’s stereotyped education has aroused her sense of resistance. The young experience left an indelible mark in Porter’s heart and was often reflected in her work. Porter’s long term is short, she also made in the short area