卡尔桑德宝Carl Sandburg.ppt

Carl Sandburg (1878-1967);Born January 6, 1878 Galesburg, Illinois Died July 22, 1967 (aged?89)Occupation Journalist, author Nationality American Ethnicity Swedish Alma mater Lombard College Notable work(s) Abraham Lincoln: The War Years Rootabag Stories Notable award(s) Three Pulitzer Prizes Spouse(s) Lilian Steichen;American modern poet and biographical(传记的) writer Contribution to colloquial style of American literature Be awarded the American Poetry Society prize(美国诗歌学会奖) in 1919 and 1920 Be awarded the Pulitzer Prize(普利策奖也称为普利策新闻奖) for his Complete Poems in 1950 Benefit from his humble personal backgrounds and rich experience Write plain poems for plain people “为朴素的人民写朴素的诗” To be sound of the people 成为“人民的声音”;Life;Worked as advertising writer, roving reporter, and organizer for the Social Democratic Party in Wisconsin. Married the sister of famed photographer Edward Steichen in 1908. He served as secretary to the Socialist mayor of Milwaukee and wrote editorials for the Milwaukee Leader before moving to Chicago in 1913.;Works;Biography of Abraham Lincoln Prairie Years and The War Years, Won the Pulitzer Prize 《亚伯拉罕：战争的年代》 《亚伯拉罕·林肯：草原的年代》; Cornhuskers （剥玉米机） Smoke and Steel （烟与钢） Good Morning, America The People, yes （人民，是的） Fog （雾）(a Imagism poem) Lost（失落） Chicago（芝加哥） The Harbor （港口）;Style;The greatest of the prairie(草原） poets, writing in the tradition of Walt Whitman. Like Whitman, he contains multitude ( “The Harbor”, “Chicago”); he knew the importance of the people (“I am the people, the Mob”), he was optimistic. ;Fog;Fog ;A Sphinx 斯芬克司 --Carl Sandburg　　　　Close-mouthed you sat five thousand years and never let out a whisper. 　　Processions came by, marchers, asking questions you answered with grey eyes never blinking, shut lips never