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Question 1

Publicó entre otros libros, Copper Son, The Black Christ, y una versión de la Medea de Eurípides.

Answer 1

He [Cullen] published, among other books, Copper Son, The Black Christ, and one version of the Medea by Euripides.

Question 2

Compiló dos antologías de poesía negra, pero lo racial interesó menos que lo íntimo.

Answer 2

He [Cullen] compiled two anthologies of Negro [black] poetry, but racial [concerns] interested him less than intimate [ones].

Question 3

La crítica ha advertido en sus poemas el influjo de Keats.

Answer 3

The critic has noted in his poems the influence of Keats.

Question 4

A diferencia de otros escritores americanos que llegaron a la literatura por los caminos de una vida azarosa, John Phillips Marquand (1893), nacido en Wilmington, Delaware, se educó en el ambiente intelectual de una familia distinguida de Nueva Inglaterra.

Answer 4

Unlike other American writers who took to literature by the way of an eventful [adventurous] life, John Phillips Marquand (1893 – ), born in Wilmington, Delaware, was educated in the intellectual atmosphere [environment] of a distinguished New England family.

Question 5

Era sobrino nieto de la trascendentalista Margaret Fuller.

Answer 5

He [Marquand] was the grand-nephew of the transcendentalist Margaret Fuller.

Question 6

Estudió en Harvard.

Answer 6

He [Marquand] studied in Harvard.

Question 7

Su mujer pertenecía a una antigua familia de Boston.

Answer 7

His [Marquand’s] wife belonged to an old Boston family.

Question 8

Fue artillero durante la primera guerra mundial.

Answer 8

He [Marquand] was an artilleryman during World War I.

Question 9

Ejerció el periodismo.

Answer 9

He [Marquand] practiced journalism.

Question 10

Su mejor novela, The Later George Apley, refleja con ironía el ambiente refinado de Boston.

Answer 10

His [Marquand’s] best novel, The Later George Apley, reflects with irony the refined Boston atmosphere [environment].

Question 11

Ensayó también el género policial.

Answer 11

He [Marquand] also tried out the detective genre.

Question 12

Más variada fue la carrera de Louis Bromfield (1896 – 1956).

Answer 12

More varied was the career of Louis Bromfield (1896 – 1956).

Question 13

Su padre fue un granjero de Ohio.

Answer 13

His [Bromfield’s] father was an Ohio farmer.

Question 14

Bromfield estudió en Cornell y Columbia University.

Answer 14

Bromfield studied in Cornell and Columbia University.

Question 15

Residió en Francia, en una propiedad rural de Senlis.

Answer 15

He [Bromfield] resided in France, in a rural property of [near] Senlis.

Question 16

Durante la primera guerra mundial manejó una ambulancia y ganó la Cruz de Guerra.

Answer 16

During World War I he [Bromfield] handled [drove] an ambulance and won the Cross of War.

Question 17

Fue crítico dramático y periodista.

Answer 17

He [Bromfield] was a dramatic critic and journalist.

Question 18

En 1926 Early Autumn, parte de la crónica de una familia de industriales, obtuvo el premio Pulitzer.

Answer 18

In 1926 Early Autumn, part of the chronicle of a family of industrialists, obtained [won] the Pulitzer Prize.

Question 19

Su obra es copiosa; otras novelas son: When the Rains Came (1937), que fue llevado al cine, Night in Bombay (1940) y Mrs. Parkington.

Answer 19

His work is copious; other novels are: When the Rains Came (1937), which was taken to [adapted into] a movie, Night in Bombay (1940), and Mrs. Parkington.

Question 20

De origen alemán e irlandés, John Ernest Steinbeck (1902) nació en Salinas, California.

Answer 20

Of German and Irish origin [background], John Ernest Steinbeck (1902 – ) was born in Salinas, California.

Question 21

Para costear sus estudios en la Universidad de Stanford ejerció diversos oficios; fue empleado de laboratorio en una refinería de azúcar, albañil, casero y periodista.

Answer 21

In order to pay for his studies at Stanford University he [Steinbeck] practiced various jobs; he was employed at a laboratory in a sugar refinery, a bricklayer, a domestic servant, and a journalist.

Question 22

A los veintesiete años inició su carrera literaria con la publicación de una novela sobre el corsario Morgan, Cup of Gold.

Answer 22

At the age of twenty-seven he [Steinbeck] started his literary career with the publication of a novel about the pirate Morgan, Cup of Gold.

Question 23

De su copiosa obra ulterior recordaremos Of Mice and Men (1937), la serie de cuentos The long Valley (1938), que incluye “The red Pony,” “The grapes of Wrath,” que obtuvo el premio Pulitzer, y “East of Eden” (1952).

Answer 23

Of his [Steinbeck’s] copious later work we shall recall Of Mice and Men (1937), the series of stories The Long Valley (1938), which includes “The Red Pony,” The Grapes of Wrath, which obtained [won] the Pulitzer Prize, and East of Eden (1952).