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Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Literature | 2020 | Winner |
About This Book
A sequence of poems set in a garden, in which flowers, a gardener, and God speak to one another about the nature of suffering, mortality, and existence. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993 and widely regarded as Louise Glück's masterpiece, combining religious allegory with intimate lyric intensity.
About the Author
Louise GlückAmerican
Louise Glück (1943–2023) was an American poet and essayist born on April 22, 1943, in New York City. Raised on Long Island, she overcame anorexia nervosa during high school through years of therapy and studied poetry at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University under mentors including Léonie Adams and Stanley Kunitz. Her career spanned decades, including service as US Poet Laureate (2003–2004) and teaching positions at Yale and Stanford. Read more →
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