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Louise Elisabeth Glück is an American poet. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Louise Glück was born in New York City. She grew up on Long Island. Her father, Daniel, an immigrant from Hungary, helped invent and market the X-Acto Knife. Glück graduated in 1961 from George W. Hewlett High School. She went on to attend Sarah Lawrence College and later Columbia University; however, she did not graduate from either of them.
Glück won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993 for her collection The Wild Iris. Glück is the recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Academy of American Poet’s Prize, as well as numerous Guggenheim fellowships. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was previously a Senior Lecturer in English at Williams College in Williams town, MA. Glück currently teaches at Yale University. She has also been a member of the faculty of the University of lowa and taught at Goddard College in Vermont.
Glück is the author of twelve books of poetry, including: A Village Life (2009), Averno(2006), The Seven Ages (2001), Vita Nova (1999), Meadowlands (1996), The Wild Iris(1992), Ararat (1990), and The Triumph of Achilles (1985). The first four books collects her early poetry.
Glück has also published a collection of essays, Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry(1994). In 2001 Yale University awarded Louise Glück its Bollingen Prize in Poetry. Her other honors include the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, the Sara Teasdale Memorial Prize(Wellesley, 1986), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Anniversary Medal (2000), and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations and from the National Endowment for the Arts. A Village Life (2009) has been nominated(提名)for the Griffin Poetry Prize. The latest collection, Faithful and Virtuous Night, was published in September 2014 and won the National Book Award for Poetry.
She is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1999 was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. In 2003 she was named as judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets and served in that position through 2010. Glück was appointed the US Poet Laureate from 2003—2004, succeeding Billy Collins.
【文章大意】本文讲述了美国的女诗人露易丝·格丽克(Louise Glück)获得了2020诺贝尔文学奖!文章还介绍了露易丝·格丽克的生活经历和主要成就。
1. What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A. Glück’s childhood. B. Glück’s family.
C. The X-Acto Knife. D. Glück’s early life.
【解析】选D。主旨大意题。根据第二段内容可知, 本段讲述了露易丝·格丽克出生于纽约市, 在长岛长大。父亲丹尼尔(Daniel)是匈牙利移民, 帮助发明和销售了X-Acto刀。1961年毕业于乔治·休利特高中, 后来进入莎拉劳伦斯学院(Sarah Lawrence College)和哥伦比亚大学(Columbia University)学习, 然而, 她并没有从这两个学校毕业。因此推断本段讲述了Louise Glück的早年生活。故选D。
2. When was Glück given the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?
A. In 1992. B. In 1993.
C. In 2009. D. In 2020.
【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段的“Glück won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993 for her collection The Wild Iris. ”可知, 1993年, 格丽克凭借诗集The Wild Iris获得普利策诗歌奖。故选B。
3. What award did Faithful and Virtuous Night bring Glück?
A. The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.
B. The Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.
C. The National Book Award for Poetry.
D. The National Book Critics Circle Award.
【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“The latest collection, Faithful and Virtuous Night, was published in September 2014 and won the National Book Award for Poetry. ”可知, Faithful and Virtuous Night获得了国家图书诗歌奖。故选C。
4. Which of the following can be inferred from the text?
A. Billy Collins became the US Poet Laureate before Glück.
B. Glück did well in her study during the university.
C. A Village Life made Glück win the Griffin Poetry Prize.
D. Glück has published twenty books of poetry.
【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据最后一段的“Glück was appointed the US Poet Laureate from 2003—2004, succeeding Billy Collins. ”可知, 比利·柯林斯在格丽克之前是美国的桂冠诗人。故选A。
【知识拓展】普利策奖the Pulitzer Prizes
普利策奖也称为普利策新闻奖。 1917年根据美国报业巨头约瑟夫·普利策(Joseph Pulitzer)的遗愿设立, 二十世纪七八十年代已经发展成为美国新闻界的一项最高荣誉奖。现在, 不断完善的评选制度已使普利策奖成为全球性的一个奖项, 被称为“新闻界的诺贝尔奖”。
从最初的新闻奖, 普利策奖现在还设立了包括文学、艺术在内的综合奖项, 其影响力历久不衰。 2020年5月4日, 2020年普利策新闻奖公布, 新增“音频报道奖”。
