人物簡介
羅伯特·平斯基(Robert Pinsky,1940年-),美國詩人、批評家和翻譯。1997-2000年間他是美國唯一一位連續三界獲得“桂冠詩人”稱號的詩人,第一次是在1997年。他主持了國會圖書館的“最受歡迎的詩作”工程。這一工程遴選出一千多名美國人朗誦自己最喜愛的詩歌的錄音或錄像帶。平斯基說這項活動旨在“於千禧年之際通過詩的透鏡提供一張美國人民的快照”。
羅伯特·尼爾·平斯基1940年10月20日出生於新澤西州的朗布蘭奇,1962年畢業於拉特格斯新澤西州立大學,1966年獲得史丹福大學博士學位。他曾在多所大學任教,包括威爾斯利大學、加州大學伯克利分校以及波士頓大學等。1978-1986年他在《新共和》雜誌任詩歌編輯。他的詩歌集有《悲傷與歡樂》(Sadness and Happiness)(1975年),這是一部有自傳色彩的作品;《闡釋美國》(An Explanation of America)(1979年),這是一首長詩,詩中將美國比作羅馬帝國;《心的歷程》(1984年)這部選集中收錄作者個人化的詩歌和歷史主題的作品;《枯骨》(The Want Bone)(1990年)和《花車巨輪:新詩與詩選1966-1996》(1996年)。《澤西雨》(2000年)和《海灣音樂》(Gulf Music)(2007年)依然是以個人或歷史為主題的詩歌。1994年平斯基還翻譯了但丁的《神曲·地獄篇》,題目為《但丁的地獄》,受到人們的好評;以及一部散文體小說《大衛生平》(2005年),重新講述了這位聖經中的國王的一生經歷。
平斯基最受好評的理論批評著作有《詩歌的處境:當代詩歌及其傳統》(1976年)和《詩歌和世界》(Poetry and the World)(1988年)。他還與人合譯了波蘭裔美國詩人切斯瓦夫 米沃什的作品,名為《抽印本筆記》(The Septe Notebooks)(1984年)。
英語簡介
Robert Pinsky, poet laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000, will speak on campus May 2 as part of the Union Directorate's Distinguished Lecture Series and to help the UW-Madison libraries and the Friends of the Libraries celebrate the acquisition of the six millionth book. Pinsky is poetry editor of the online journal Slate, contributes to PBS's "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" and teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University. His most recent book of poetry is Jersey Rain.
In 1999, Norton published the anthology "Americans' Favorite Poems," a collection featured in Pinsky's Favorite Poems Project. Pinsky's writing has won awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.
Pinsky's visit caps off the semester-long "Celebrating Books" events that commemorate the acquisition of the UW-Madison's six millionth book. The book, Dard Hunter's "Papermaking by Hand in America," was unveiled at a public lecture by Kenneth Frazier, UW-Madison Libraries director, on April 18. The book was selected for its strong connections to Wisconsin and the papermaking industry.
The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries and the Wisconsin Union Distinguished Lecture Series are cosponsoring Pinsky's lecture. Funding is provided by the Joyce Foundation, the Keller Family Foundation, and Associated Students of Madison.
The talk, "Celebrating Books and Poetry with Robert Pinsky," will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon St.
Tickets not used by UW-Madison students, faculty, and staff will be available to the general public at no charge beginning Friday, April 27 at the Union box office, 262-2201 (11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday; noon-5 p.m., Saturday). If attendance exceeds theater capacity, there will be a video simulcast in the Memorial Union.