鋼木蘭原著作者羅伯特．哈林不僅僅是一位美國作家，還擔任過印刷專家、設計師、新聞記者以及小說家。
羅伯特．哈林出生於1910年3月27日，死於2008年7月1日。他不但創作許多劇本，也改編自己的作品為電影腳本，
至今有許多著作翻拍成電影。而鋼木蘭是哈林第一部舞台劇作品，靈感源自於因糖尿病多重併發症死去的妹妹，
劇中的故事是哈林家庭生活的縮影，而這部戲完成後受到了當時的片商凱爾．瑞尼(Kyle Renick)的青睞，
在超外百老匯演出(off-off-Broadway WPA Theater)，得到廣大迴響，被翻譯成眾多語言，流傳至世界各地。
在哈林的作品中，他妥善運用創作天賦，將週遭人事物，化為故事的一小段。
除此之外，豐富的工作經驗提供了哈林源源不絕的創作靈感，近期作品有《肥皂拼盤》、
《前妻俱樂部》、《愛你無法度》等。
The original script of Steel Magnolias was written by Robert Harling.
With various working experiences, he has been an American writer, a typographer, a designer,
a journalist and a novelist.He was born on March 27, 1910 and died July 1, 2008.
As a writer, he not only writes many plays but also adapts his stage plays into films.
Steel Magnolias is his first play, which was inspired by his younger sister, Susan,
who died of complications from diabetes. The events in the play are based on his family life.
The play impressed Kyle Renick at the off-off-Broadway WPA Theater enough to perform it.
From then on, it has attracted lots of attention.
Finally, Steel Magnolias was put on the screen. Robert Harling adapted his piece into the screenplay.
Steel Magnolias has been translated into many languages around the world.
Steel Magnolias is just one of his masterpieces. In Harling’s works, he is especially great at transferring
the trivial of others’ life into interesting stories. His working experiences provide him ideas to his novels
and playwrights. His recent works include Soapdish(1991), The First Wives Club (1996),
Laws of Attraction (2004),and so on.
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