丹尼尔笛福(Daniel Defoe 1660-1731),英国作家,新闻记者。英国启蒙时期现实主义小说的奠基人,被誉为英国和欧洲的小说之父。代表作《鲁滨逊漂流记》,其后创作了被列为英国文学经典的《摩尔费兰德斯》《杰克上校》等作品。
Daniel Defoe16601731, was an English trader, writer, journalist,pamphleteerand spy. He is most famous for his novelRobinson Crusoe. He has been seen as one of the earliest proponents of theEnglish novel, and helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such asAphra BehnandSamuel Richardson.Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works. He was also a pioneer ofbusiness journalism and economic journalism.