American Poet Louise Glück Dies at Age 80

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Nobel successful American poet Louise Glück died in the present day, Friday, October 13. She was 80 years previous.

Glück was the US Poet Laureate from 2003 to 2004, and her work explored faith, mythology, and the pure world with deeply private and autobiographical tones. Her poetry earned not solely the Nobel in 2020 for her assortment The Seven Ages, however she earned a Pulitzer in 1993 for her poem “The Wild Iris.” Glück was a National Book Award finalist in 1992 for The Wild Iris, in 1994 for Vita Nova, and in 2006 for Averno, successful the title of National Book Award in Poetry in 2014 together with her assortment Faithful and Virtuous Night.

Her work was lyrical and darkish, exploring parts of trauma. That trauma, although, helps readers delve into an appreciation for all times. Scholars have debated for years whether or not or not Glück was a confessional poet like Sylvia Plath or John Berryman.

Louise Glück most just lately served as Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry, Professor within the Practice at Yale University.

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