Louise Glück
U.S. poet and Nobel laureate (1943–2023)
Louise Elisabeth Glück (April 22, 1943 – October 13, 2023) was an American poet. She was born and raised in New York City. She has won many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993 for her book The Wild Iris and National Book Award of Poetry in 2014 for her book Faithful and Virtuous Night. She was the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2003.
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| Born | Louise Elisabeth Glück April 22, 1943 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | October 13, 2023 (aged 80) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1993) Bollingen Prize in Poetry (2001) Nobel Prize in Literature (2020) |
In 2020, she was honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature.[1]
Glück died from cancer at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 13, 2023, at the age of 80.[2]
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- Poetry
- Firstborn (1968)
- The House on Marshland (1975)
- The Garden (1976)
- Descending Figure (1980)
- The Triumph of Achilles (1985)
- Ararat (1990)
- The Wild Iris (1992)
- Mock Orange (1993)
- The First Four Books of Poems (1995)
- Meadowlands (1997)
- Vita Nova (1999)
- The Seven Ages (2001)
- Averno (2006)
- A Village Life (2009) (shortlisted for the 2010 International Griffin Poetry Prize)
- Prose
- Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry (1994)
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- ↑ "American poet Louise Gluck wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature". Dhaka Tribune. 8 October 2020.
- ↑ Risen, Clay (October 13, 2023). "Louise Glück, Nobel-Winning Poet Who Explored Trauma and Loss, Dies at 80". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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