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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 Elisabeth Glück, April 22, 1943, New York City, U.S.
- October 13, 2023 (aged 80), Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- 1968–2023
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 · Published Oct. 13, 2023 Updated Nov. 7, 2023. Louise Glück, an American poet whose searing, deeply personal work, often filtered through themes of classical mythology, religion and the natural...
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Apr 19, 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.
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Oct 13, 2023 · Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature and Poet Laureate of the United States from 2003-2004 has died. She was 80 years old. Glück's death was confirmed by her...
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Oct 13, 2023 · CNN —. Louise Glück, the former US Poet Laureate and 2020 Nobel Prize awardee whose deceptively simple poems revealed visceral truths about love, loss and survival, has died at 80. “Louise ...
Oct 13, 2023 · The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020. Born: 22 April 1943, New York, NY, USA. Died: 13 October 2023, Cambridge, MA, USA. Residence at the time of the award: Cambridge, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”. Prize share: 1/1.
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