Robert Penn Warren
/ˌrɒbət pen ˈwɒrən/
/ˌrɑːbərt pen ˈwɔːrən/
- (1905-89) a US writer who was the country's first Poet Laureate and the only American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for both fiction and poetry. He wrote mostly about the South. His Pulitzer Prizes were for the novel All the King's Men (1946) and his poetry collections Promises (1957) and Now and Then (1979). Warren was also a well-known critic (= person who explains and gives opinions about novels, poems, plays, etc.)
（1905-89）美国作家，美国第一位桂冠诗人，也是唯一一位同时获得普利策小说和诗歌奖的美国人。他写的大部分内容都是关于南方的。他的普利策奖颁给了小说《国王的班底》（All the King's Men，1946 年）和诗集《承诺》（Promises，1957 年）和《现在与彼时》（Now and then，1979 年）。沃伦也是一位著名的评论家（=对小说、诗歌、戏剧等进行解释和发表意见的人）