【健谈英语】2020年诺贝尔文学奖：这是一个需要诗歌的时代

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US poet Gluck awarded in Literature

美国诗人格吕克获得诺贝尔文学奖

The 2020 in Literature has been awarded to US poet Louise Gluck "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".

2020年诺贝尔文学奖颁发给了美国诗人路易丝·格吕克，因为“她用带有朴素美的、清晰的诗意声音，令个人的存在普世化”。

Born in 1943 in New York and living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gluck made her debut in 1968 with Firstborn, and was soon acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in US contemporary literature.

格吕克于1943年出生在纽约，现居马萨诸塞州的剑桥市。1968年，格吕克发表处女作《头生子》，随即就被誉为美国当代文学史上最耀眼的诗人之一。

Gluck has received several prestigious awards, among them the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 and the National Book Award in 2014.

格吕克获得过多个著名奖项，其中包括1993年的普利策奖和2014年的美国国家图书奖。

Gluck, the 16th woman to win the in Literature, has published 12 collections of poetry and some volumes of essays on poetry.

格吕克是第16位获得诺贝尔文学奖的女性，她已出版12部诗集和几本关于诗歌的随笔集。

Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee, said Gluck's works are "characterized by a striving for clarity. Childhood and family life, the close relationship with parents and siblings, is a thematic that has remained central with her".

诺奖评委会主席安德斯·奥尔森表示，格吕克的作品“特点在于力求晰明了。孩子和家庭生活，以及与父母和兄弟姐妹的亲密关系一直是她的核心主题。”

The poet found a growing audience in the United States and abroad with collections such as The Triumph of Achilles published in 1985 and Ararat in 1990.

凭借其1985年出版的《阿基利斯的胜利》和1990年出版的《阿勒山》等作品，这位诗人在美国内外的读者与日俱增。

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https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202010/09/WS5f7edebfa31024ad0ba7d81d.html