肯尼迪情書網上拍賣 與瑞典女郎情史曝光

A Swedish aristocrat who put her love letters from John F. Kennedy up for auctionlast week said she wanted to show the public just how romantic the former U.S. president could be.

"He was unbelievably warm, sensitive, romantic and witty, a good listener and charming -- and deep," Gunilla von Post told Swedish radio on Friday.

The two met in the summer of 1953 on the French Riviera when she was 21-years-old, just a month before the then-senator would marry Jacqueline Bouvier and years before he became the 35th president of the United States.

Von Post said she had never heard of Kennedy prior to the meeting and was surprised to hear from him months later when he told her he could not stop thinking of his "Swedish girl."

Von Post wrote of their love affair, which included a visit from him to Sweden, in a book cAlled "Love, Jack" in 1997. She only recently decided to go public with the letters.

Hand-written, they are signed "Best, Jack," "Your Jack" and "All love, Jack" and document a long-distance affair that stretched over years.

"I thought I might get a boat and sail around the Mediterranean for two weeks -- with you as crew. What do you think?" Kennedy wrote.

He referred to her as his Swedish "flicka" (or "girl") or his "Gorilla" -- a pet name for Gunilla.

The website of auctioneer Legendary Auctions said Kennedy implored von Post to move to the United States, where he would help her find work as a model.

Bidding started at $25,000 and is currently at $42,500, Legendary Auctions said. Bidding will continue for 12 more days.

美國前總統約翰•F•肯尼迪當年寫給其瑞典情人的情書於上週被拍賣。這位拍賣情書的瑞典貴族表示，她想讓世人知道這位美國前總統有多浪漫。

格尼拉•馮•波斯特於上週五接受瑞典電臺採訪時說：“他十分熱情、敏感、浪漫和睿智，並且善於傾聽，魅力非凡，很有深度。”

肯尼迪於1953年夏在法國南部的度假地結識了當時年僅21歲的波斯特。那時距時任參議員的肯尼迪與傑奎琳•布維爾結婚僅有一個月的時間。在此幾年後，肯尼迪當選爲美國第35任總統。

馮•波斯特稱，在與肯尼迪相遇之前，她從未聽說過這個人。並稱在兩人相遇幾個月後，她收到肯尼迪的來信，肯尼迪在信中說自己無法停止對他的“瑞典姑娘”的思念，這讓波斯特很吃驚。

馮•波斯特在1997年出版的《愛你，傑克》一書中回憶了與肯尼迪的情史，其中還提及了肯尼迪前往瑞典看望她一事。而直到最近，波斯特才決定公開當年肯尼迪寫給她的這些情書。

這些信件均爲肯尼迪親筆所寫，信件以“最好的祝福，傑克”、“愛你的傑克”、“給你全部的愛，傑克”等語句結尾，見證了維持數年的一段異地戀情。

肯尼迪在信中寫道：“我想我應該找個小船，與你一同在地中海泛舟，共度兩週美好時光。你覺得如何？”

他在信中稱波斯特爲他的瑞典“弗莉卡”（意即“女孩”），或者他的“小猩猩”（格尼拉的愛稱）。

據拍賣這些情書的“傳奇拍賣”的網站介紹，肯尼迪曾懇求波斯特搬往美國，並表示會幫她找一份模特的工作。

據介紹，這些情書的起拍價爲2.5萬美元，目前拍價已升至4.25萬美元。這一拍賣還將持續12天。

Vocabulary:

Riviera：海濱度假勝地，尤指法國的地中海海濱，也稱爲“裏維埃拉”。

pet name：a name or a term of address used to express affection for a person, thing, etc（暱稱，愛稱）