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Louise Glück

1943 - 2023

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Louise Elisabeth Glück ( 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". Her other awards include the Pulitzer Prize, National Humanities Medal, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Bollingen Prize. From 2003 to 2004, she was Poet Laureate of the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise Glück is the 490th most popular writer (down from 352nd in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from United States (down from 331st in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Writer.

Louise Glück is an American poet and essayist renowned for her poignant and introspective poetry. Born in 1943, she has received widespread acclaim for her work, which is known for its emotional depth, technical precision, and exploration of themes like human suffering, family dynamics, and nature. Glück has been honored with numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award. In 2020, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, recognized for her unmistakable poetic voice that, with austere beauty, makes individual existence universal. Her position as a major figure in contemporary literature is marked by a distinguished teaching career and numerous influential poetry collections.

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Among writers, Louise Glück ranks 490 out of 7,302. Before her are José Martí, René Guénon, Romain Gary, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Ivan Bunin, and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. After her are Phaedrus, Alfred Döblin, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Arnold Bennett, Lysias, and Traudl Junge.

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Among people born in 1943, Louise Glück ranks 33. Before her are Salvatore Adamo, Joseph Stiglitz, Horst Köhler, Jean-Louis Tauran, Jean-Jacques Annaud, and Khalifa Haftar. After her are Raffaella Carrà, Howard Gardner, John Kerry, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and David Cronenberg. Among people deceased in 2023, Louise Glück ranks 24. Before her are Yevgeny Prigozhin, Just Fontaine, Robert Lucas Jr., Harald zur Hausen, Ted Kaczynski, and Fernando Botero. After her are Paul Berg, Rosalynn Carter, Paco Rabanne, Pat Robertson, Helmut Berger, and Sixto Rodriguez.

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Among people born in United States, Louise Glück ranks 609 out of 20,380. Before her are George Clooney (1961), Michael Keaton (1951), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), George E. Smith (1930), George Armstrong Custer (1839), and Jared Leto (1971). After her are George Westinghouse (1846), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Nick Nolte (1941), Jim Simons (1938), Howard Gardner (1943), and Warren Beatty (1937).

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Among writers born in United States, Louise Glück ranks 54. Before her are Raymond Chandler (1888), Henry James (1843), Philip Roth (1933), Dan Brown (1964), Harper Lee (1926), and Eugene O'Neill (1888). After her are Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804), William S. Burroughs (1914), Tennessee Williams (1911), Richard Bach (1936), Robert A. Heinlein (1907), and Tom Clancy (1947).

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