Swift

Japanese: スウィフト

English author. Born in Dublin, Ireland, after the death of his father, he graduated from Trinity College after much hardship. Having served as a live-in secretary to politician W. Temple, he showed an interest in politics and continued to write as a Whig, but later switched to the conservative Tory party. However, his ambitions for success were dashed with the death of Queen Anne. He also became a priest in Ireland in 1694, and in 1713 became bishop of St. Patrick's Church in Dublin. He is known for his long love affair with W. Temple's adopted daughter Stella, and his relationship with Vanissa, a woman from the same town, but he remained single throughout his life, and in addition to dizziness and hearing loss from a young age, he also lost his memory after the age of 60, and spent his later years like an invalid. He was known for his scathing satire of everything and for his misanthropy, and his works include Gulliver's Travels (1726), The Tale of a Tub (1704), which satirized the church, Letter to Stella (1766, 1768), The Drapier Letters (1724) and A Private Plan for the Utilization of Poor Children (1729), which denounced the British government's policy in Ireland, as well as numerous pamphlets.
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Japanese:

英国の作家。アイルランドのダブリンに，父の死後生まれ，苦労の末トリニティ・カレッジを卒業。政治家W.テンプルの住込秘書を務めたこともあって政治に関心を示し，ホイッグ党の立場で文筆活動を続けたが，のちに保守主義をかかげるトーリー党に転じた。しかし立身の野望はアン女王の死去とともにくずれた。また，1694年以後アイルランドで聖職につき，1713年からはダブリンの聖パトリック教会監督となった。W.テンプルの養女ステラとの長い恋愛，同郷の女性バニッサとの関係も知られるが，生涯独身で通し，また若くからのめまいや難聴に加え，60歳を過ぎるころから記憶の喪失も加わって廃人同様の晩年を送った。あらゆるものを痛烈に風刺して人間ぎらいといわれ，作品には，《ガリバー旅行記》（1726年），教会を風刺した《桶物語》（1704年），《ステラへの手紙》（1766年，1768年），英国政府のアイルランド政策を糾弾した《ドレーピア書簡》（1724年）《貧民児童利用策私案》（1729年），その他多数のパンフレットなど。
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