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1、AMERICANMOSAIC-TheGoldenGateBridge:Howa'MightyTask'LedtoOneoftheWorld'sMostVisitedPlacesByDanaDemange,NancySteinbachandJerilynWatsonBroadcast:Friday,March10,2006(MUSIC)HOST:WelcometoAMERICANMOSAIC,inVOASpecialEnglish.(MUSIC)I'mDougJohnson.Onourshowthisweek:Weplayanewkindofmusicthatcombinestrad

2、itionalJewishbeliefswithreggae…AnsweraquestionaboutafamousAmericanbridge…AndreportaboutthewinnerofthePEN/FaulknerWritingAward.PEN/FaulknerAwardAmericanwriterE.L.DoctorowwillofficiallyreceiveanimportantwritingawardinMay.ThePEN/FaulknerFoundationrecentlyannouncedthathewonitsfictionawardfortwotho

3、usandsix.ThePEN/Faulknerawardisthelargestwritingawardinthecountrythatisjudgedbyotherwriters.BarbaraKleintellsusmore.BARBARAKLEIN:E.L.DoctorowwonthePEN/Faulknerawardforhisbook"TheMarch."HecreatedhisnovelfromhistoricaleventsthattookplaceduringtheAmericanCivilWarbetweentheUnionandtherebellioussou

4、thernstatesintheeighteensixties.ThebookisaboutaCivilWarmilitarycampaignledbyUnionGeneralWilliamTecumsehSherman.HistroopsmarchedthroughE.L.DoctrowthesouthernstatesofGeorgia,NorthCarolinaandSouthCarolinaonthewaytowinningthewarfortheUnion.Thebookdescribeshowthismarchaffectedthelivesofsoldiersfrom

5、bothsidesaswellasfreedslavesandothercivilians.Doctorowsayshegottheideaforthebookafterreadingasoldier'smemoriesofthemarch.TheactionsofthetroopsunderSherman'scommandwereextremelydestructive.Theykilledcivilians,seizedanddestroyedpropertyandevenkilledfarmanimalsinthefields.ThePEN/Faulknerprizecomm

6、itteeawardedDoctorowfifteenthousanddollars.Onejudgeonthecommitteesaid"TheMarch"wasoneofthebestbooksyetwrittenbytheseventy-fiveyearoldDoctorow.ThisisthesecondPEN/FaulknerfictionprizeforE.L.Doctorow.Hewashonoredforhisbook"BillyBathgate"innineteenninety.Doctorowalsowrotethepopularnovel"Ragtime"an

7、dseveralotherbooks.ThePEN/FaulknerFoundationhonoredfourothernovels.Thewriterswilleachreceivefivethousanddollars.WilliamHenryLewiswrote"IGotSomebodyinStaunton."HisstorycollectionexaminesthelivesofAfrican-Americans.KarenFisher'sfirstbook,