I am not your creation/我不是你的造物

"I Am Not Your Creation" is a biographical novel written by the famous Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska based on the famous surrealist painter Leonora Carrington. Leonora was born into a family of industrial giants, but she had a rich imagination and a strange personality since childhood. She was rebellious and unruly in her adolescence. Her love affair with the painter Max Ernst was extremely turbulent. It was Ernst who brought her into the world of surrealism, where she rubbed shoulders with Dali, Duchamp, Miró, Breton and Picasso. During World War II, Ernst was sent to a concentration camp, and Carrington suffered a mental breakdown and was imprisoned in a mental hospital in Spain. After escaping by chance, she moved to New York and achieved success with the funding of Peggy Guggenheim. Eventually, she left Europe with the help of her first husband Renato and went to Mexico. Here, she started a new life. She became independent from the influence of Max Ernst, adapted to the different culture of Mexico, formed a new circle of friends, and continued to create with new inspiration. The author Poniatowska has a similar life experience to Leonora and has close exchanges with her. Based on a large amount of interview materials and common experiences, Poniatowska outlines for us the life of a vivid and rebellious female artist.

《我不是你的造物》是墨西哥著名作家埃莱娜·波尼亚托夫斯卡以著名超现实主义画家莉奥诺拉·卡林顿为原型创作的传记小说。莉奥诺拉出身工业巨擘家庭，但她从小想象力丰富，性格古怪，青少年时期叛逆不羁，她与画家马克斯·恩斯特的恋情极为动荡。正是恩斯特将她带入了超现实主义的世界，在那里她与达利、杜尚、米罗、布勒东和毕加索等人擦肩而过。二战期间，恩斯特被送往集中营，卡林顿一度精神崩溃，被关进西班牙的一家精神病院。侥幸逃脱后，她搬到了纽约，并在佩姬·古根海姆的资助下获得了成功。最终她在第一任丈夫雷纳托的帮助下离开欧洲，到了墨西哥。在这里，她开启了新的生活，她从马克斯·恩斯特的影响中独立出来，适应墨西哥迥异的文化，形成新的朋友圈子，在新的灵感中不断创作。作者波尼亚托夫斯卡有着与莉奥诺拉相似的人生经历，与她也有密切的交流。基于大量访谈材料与共同经历，波尼亚托夫斯卡为我们勾勒出了一个生动鲜活的叛逆女艺术家的一生。