摘  要:三毛是一位极富传奇色彩的女作家，其人生经历丰富多彩而又坎坷不平。综观三毛生平经历及其作品，其一生存在身份认同危机：青少年时期的迷茫反叛、国外生活的漂泊流浪、回台生活的孤独。身处认同危机中的三毛并非一味地消极对待，而是通过各种方式来缓解危机，并从未放弃。通过读书写作，三毛遇到了无数相似的灵魂，构建起自己的精神家园。通过艺术追寻，三毛感受到如同宗教般的永恒归宿感，与读者交流三毛获得了积极的认同，和荷西在撒哈拉沙漠生活让三毛感悟到生命存在的喜悦。不幸的是三毛由于自身个性的缺陷与现代社会发展的诸多弊端，最终自我身份认同探寻失败。 

关键词：三毛 身份认同 危机 个性 社会环境

ABSTRACT:San Mao is a female writer whose life experience is colorful but bumpy .throughout San Mao’s life experience We can know that her life is in the crisis of identity dilemma :adolescent confusion rebel, over life wandering ,back to the loneliness of life .San Mao alleviate the crisis through a variety of way rather than a passive way Sao Mao build spiritual home by reading and writing ,pursue soul by art ,get positive by natural communicate with readers know the true meaning of life by natural life But Because defects of personality and the development of modern society San Mao fail to ultimate self identity .

Keywords：San Mao; identity; crisis; personality; culture environment