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1、美国名人女诗人格温多琳布鲁克斯GwendolynBrooksz1917-2000:ThePoetwastheFirstAfricanAmericantoWinaPulitzerPrizeforLiteratureplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-15:05repeatByCynthiaKirk2008-5-17VOICEONE:mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmSarahLongwiththeVOASpecialEnglishprogram,PEOPLEINAMERICA.Todaywetellaboutthelifeofaward-winning

2、poetGwendolynBrooks.ShewasthefirstAfricanAmericantowinaPulitzerPrizeforLiterature.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:GwendolynBrooksGwendolynBrookswrotehundredsofpoemsduringherlifetime.Shehadmorethantwentybookspublished.ShewasknownaroundtheworldforusingpoetrytoincreaseunderstandingaboutblackcultureinAmerica.GwendolynB

3、rookswrotemanypoemsaboutbeingblackduringthenineteenfortiesandnineteenfifties.Herpoemsdescribedconditionsamongthepoor,racialinequalityanddruguseintheblackcommunity.Shealsowrotepoemsaboutthestrugglesofblackwomen.Butherskillwasmorethanherabilitytowriteaboutstrugglingblackpeople.Shewasanexpertatthelangu

4、ageofpoetry.ShecombinedtraditionalEuropeanpoetrystyleswiththeAfricanAmericanexperience.VOICETWO:GwendolynBrooksoncesaidthatshewroteaboutwhatshesawandheardinthestreet.Shesaidshefoundmostofhermateriallookingoutofthewindowofhersecond-floorapartmenthouseinChicago,Illinois.Inherearlypoetry,GwendolynBrook

5、swroteabouttheSouthSideofChicago.TheSouthSideofChicagoiswheremanyblackpeoplelive.Inherpoems,theSouthSideiscalledBronzeville.ItwasAStreetinBronzevillethatgainedtheattentionofliteraryexpertsinnineteenforty-five.Criticspraisedherpoeticskillandherpowerfuldescriptionsabouttheblackexperienceduringthetime.

6、TheBronzevillepoemswereherfirstpublishedcollection.Heresheisreadingfromhernineteenforty-fivecollection,AStreetinBronzeville.GWENDOLYNBROOKS:Myfather,itissurelyablueplaceandstraight.Right,regular,whereIshallfindnoneedforscholarlynonchalanceorlooksalittletotheleftorguardsupontheheart.VOICEONE:Inninete

7、enfifty,GwendolynBrooksbecamethefirstAfricanAmericantowinthePulitzerPrizeforLiterature.ShewontheprizeforhersecondbookofpoemscalledAnnieAlien.*AnnieAllenisacollectionofpoetryaboutthelifeofaBronzevillegirlasadaughter,awifeandmother.Sheexperiencesloneliness,loss,deathandbeingpoor.MizBrookssaidthatwinni

8、ngtheprizechangedherlife.Hernextworkwasanovelwritteninnineteenfifty-threecalledMaudMartha.MaudMarthareceivedlittlenoticewhenitfirstwaspublished.Butnowitisconsideredanimportantworkbysomecritics.Itsmainideasaboutthedifficultlifeofmanywomenarepopularamongfemalewriterstoday.VOICETWO:GwendolynBrookswrote

9、poemsabouttheblackexperienceinAmerica.Shedescribedtheangermanyblackshadaboutracialinjusticeandthefeelingofbeingdifferent.Sheusedpoetrytocriticizethosewhodidnotshowrespectforthepoor.Yetforalltheangerinherwriting,GwendolynBrookswasconsideredbymanytobeagentlespiritandaverygivingperson.Bytheearlyninetee

10、nsixties,MizBrookshadreachedahighpointinherwritingcareer.ShewasconsideredoneofAmericasleadingblackwriters.Shewasapopularteacher.Shewaspraisedforheruseoflanguageandthewaypeopleidentifiedwithherwriting.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:GwendolynBrookswasborninTopeka,Kansasinnineteenseventeen.ButshegrewupinChicago.Shebe

11、ganwritingwhenshewaselevenyearsold.ShemailedseveralpoemstoacommunitynewspaperinChicagotosurpriseherfamily.Inaradiobroadcastinnineteensixty-onezMizBrookssaidhermotherurgedhertodevelopherpoeticskills:GWENDOLYNBROOKS:MymothertookmetothelibrarywhenIwasaboutfourorfive.IenjoyedreadingpoetryandItriedtowrit

12、eitwhenIwasaboutseven,atthetimethatIfirsttriedtoputrhymestogether.AndIhavelovediteversince.VOICETWO:GwendolynBrooksmarriedHenryL.Blakelyinnineteenthirty-nine.HenryBlakelywasayoungwriterwholaterpublishedhisownpoetry.TheylivedinChicagoforthenextthirtyyears,divorcedinnineteensixty-ninezbutre-unitedinni

13、neteenseventy-three.Theyhadtwochildren,NoraBrooksBlakelyandHenryBlakely.Throughoutherlife,MizBrookssupportedherselfthroughspeakingappearances,poetryreadingsandpart-timeteachingincolleges.Shealsoreceivedmoneyfromorganizationsthatofferedgrantsdesignedtosupportthearts.VOICEONE:OneofGwendolynBrookssmost

14、famouspoemsiscalledWeRealCool.Itisashortpoemthattalksaboutyoungpeoplefeelinghopeless:Werealcool.We1.eftschool.We1.urklate.WeStrikestraight.WeSingsin.WeThingin.WeJazzJune.WeDiesoon.VOICETWO:Bytheendofthenineteensixties,GwendolynBrooksspoetryexpandedfromtheeverydayexperiencesofpeopleinBronzeville.Shew

15、roteaboutawiderworldanddealtwithimportantpoliticalissues.Shewonpraiseforhersharper,real-lifepoeticstyle.GwendolynBrookswasaffectedbythecivilrightsstrugglesandsocialchangestakingplaceinAmerica.Shebegantoquestionherrelationswithwhites.Shesaidshefeltthatblackpoetsshouldwriteforblackpeople.Thatbecameevi

16、dentinhernextcollectionofpoetryinnineteensixty-eightcalledIntheMecca.CriticssuggestedMizBrookshadbecometoopoliticalandseemedtobewritingonlyforblackpeople.Hernewpoemsreceivedlittlenoticeinthepress.VOICEONE:Insomeofherpoems,GwendolynBrooksdescribedhowwhatpeopleseeinlifeisaffectedbywhotheyare.Oneexampleisthispoem,CornersontheCurvingSky:Ourearthisround,and,am