苏珊·桑塔格（1933—2004），美国著名作家、评论家，先后求学于芝加哥大学、哈佛大学、牛津大学等著名学府，长期为《党派评论》、《纽约客》等重要刊物撰稿，主要作品包括随笔文集《反对阐释》、《论摄影》、《疾病的隐喻》等，以及小说《恩主》、《火山情人》、《在美国》等；此外，桑塔格还积极介入各类社会事件，发挥作为独立知识分子的巨大影响力，被誉为“美国公众的良心”。
Susan Sontag (; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her best-known works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, The Way We Live Now, Illness as Metaphor, Regarding the Pain of Others, The Volcano Lover, and In America.Sontag was active in writing and speaking about, or travelling to, areas of conflict, including during the Vietnam War and the Siege of Sarajevo. She wrote extensively about photography, culture and media, AIDS and illness, human rights, and communism and leftist ideology. Although her essays and speeches sometimes drew controversy, she has been described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation."