michael welzenbach

Michael Welzenbach died in December 2001, at the age of 48. After eight years, “The Last butterfly” is Michael’s 27th and final story for Reader’s digest.

迈克尔·威占巴赫卒于2001年12月，享年48岁。八年之后，《最后的蝴蝶》成为迈克尔第27篇也是最后一篇被《读者文摘》收录的故事。（点评：这里有点语焉不详。八年之后，指的是迈克尔完稿后的八年还是去世后的八年？从时间上来看，不可能是他去世后的八年，但这篇散文何时完稿，文中并未说明。）

Michael lived a marvelously rich and varied life that took him all over the world. He was an artist and an art critic, a musician, a poet and a novelist, and he cared passionately about beauty and about truth. He wanted his work to make a difference, and it did. Ask the missionary priest in Ecuador whose struggle on behalf of the poor Michael brought to light or the Newfoundland woman whose murdered daughter’s killer he helped bring to justice.

迈克尔过着富裕且多样化的生活，使得他游历了全世界。他是一位画家和艺术评论家，音乐家，诗人及小说家，充满热情地关注着美好的事物和真理。他希望自己的作品与众不同，并且他真的做到了不同凡响。问一问厄瓜多尔那位代表穷人进行争斗的传教牧师，就能知道迈克尔怎样给他带来了光明；或者问一问纽芬兰那位女儿被人谋杀的妇女，就能知道迈克尔怎样帮助她将杀人凶手送上了审判庭。

Michael was a good man, and he