First published in 1968 she has written a dozen poetry collections the most recent of which 2014 s faithful and virtuous night won the national book award.

Louise gl c3 bcck poems happiness pictures. That place gives its name to louise glück s eleventh collection. It can be interpreted in a number of ways but i imagine it as the final journey like an ancient egyptian the you is floated off down the nile with all the troubles of life washed away in the embrace of a peaceful death. Louise glück is the author of more than a dozen books of poems and a collection of essays. Louise glück is the author of more than a dozen books of poems and a collection of essays.

The 2020 nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the us poet louise glück for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal she is the first. Born april 22 1943 is an american poet and essayist. Perhaps her most lauded work came. Averno is an extended lamentation its long restless poems no less spellbinding for being without plot or hope no less ravishing.

Remember the days of our first happiness how strong we were how dazed by passion lying all day then all night in the narrow bed sleeping there eating there too. Louise elisabeth glück ɡ l ɪ k. By louise gluck this is a beautiful poem rich in its simplicity and yet awash with imagery of light and water. She won the 2020 nobel prize in literature whose judges praised her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.

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