Annie Dillard: Be Careful with What You Learn
Annie Dillard is a U.S. author whose works often ask readers to awaken to the natural world around them
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KISWAHILI
"Mwandishi [au mtu yeyote?]…anatumia uangalifu pamoja na kile anachosoma, kwa kuwa ndicho atakachoandika. Yeye anatumia uangalifu na kile anachojifunza, kwa kuwa ndicho atakachojua.”
- Annie Dillard ni mwandishi wa U.S. wa mashairi na nathari (maandishi ya kawaida) ambayo huwauliza wasomaji kuamka kwa ulimwengu wa asili unaowazunguka; yeye ni profesa mstaafu; na alitunukiwa Tuzo la Kitaifa la Binadamu mnamo 2014.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
“The writer [or any person?]…is careful of what he [or she] reads, for that is what [s/he] will write. [S/he] is careful of what [s/he] learns, because that is what [s/he] will know.”
- Annie Dillard is a U.S. writer of poetry and prose that asks readers to awaken to the natural world; she is a retired professor; and was awarded the National Humanities Award in 2014.
Chanzo (source): Dillard, Annie. The Writing Life. New York: HarperCollins, originally published in 1989, ebook published 2007 by same publisher, page 68. Kindle Edition.