Stephen King 得了"終生成就獎"... -- Shirley Hazzard a Winner at National Book Awards By RANDY KENNEDY Published: November 20, 2003 Shirley Hazzard, who twice before was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction, won the award last night for "The Great Fire" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), a love story set in devastated post-World War II Japan and her first novel in 23 years. She accepted the award before a crowd of 900 writers, editors and publishers , and urged American writers to remain aware of their immense power in the world and their consequent responsibility not to degrade the language they had been given. "We're drowning in explanations," she said. "What we need is more questions." (中略) At the beginning of the evening, the National Book Foundation presented the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters to Stephen King. Some writers and editors have criticized the choice, a reaction that Mr. King acknowledged in accepting the award. He spoke of two camps in publishing, those who believe popular and literary fiction can be wedded and those who do not. "You know who you are and where you stand," Mr. King said, "and most of you here tonight are on my side." -- ********************************* * 雄壯 威武 嚴肅 剛直 安靜 堅強 * * 確實 速捷 沉著 忍耐 機警 勇敢 * * 我是教官 教官是我 * * 每個人都記嘉獎一支 * ********************************* --

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