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Louise Elisabeth Glück (/ ɡ l ɪ k / GLIK; April 22, 1943 – October 13, 2023) was an American poet and essayist. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, whose judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".
Louise Glück was born in New York City in 1943 and grew up on Long Island. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University. Considered by many to be one of America’s most talented contemporary poets, Glück was known for her poetry’s technical precision, sensitivity, and insight into loneliness, family relationships, divorce ...
Oct 13, 2023 · Louise Glück, an American poet whose searing, deeply personal work, often filtered through themes of classical mythology, religion and the natural world, won her practically every honor...
Oct 13, 2023 · Louise Glück, the former US Poet Laureate and 2020 Nobel Prize awardee whose deceptively simple poems considered and revealed truths about love, loss and survival, has died at 80.
Jun 11, 2024 · Louise Glück (born April 22, 1943, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 13, 2023, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American poet whose willingness to confront the horrible, the difficult, and the painful resulted in a body of work characterized by insight and a severe lyricism.
Oct 13, 2023 · Acclaimed American poet and Nobel laureate in literature Louise Glück has died at the age of 80. She received a Nobel in 2020, becoming the first American poet to win the honour since TS Eliot...
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal"
