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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louise Glück has received more than 1,693,180 page views. Her biography is available in 88 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Louise Glück is the 352nd most popular writer (down from 333rd in 2019), the 331st most popular biography from United States (down from 310th in 2019) and the 29th 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

Among writers, Louise Glück ranks 352 out of 7,302. Before her are Apollonius of Rhodes, Max Brod, Karl May, Ezra Pound, Joseph Brodsky, and Ken Follett. After her are Yunus Emre, Ahmad Yasawi, Herta Müller, Mikhail Lermontov, Simonides of Ceos, and James Fenimore Cooper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Louise Glück ranks 22. Before her are Griselda Blanco, Albano Carrisi, Joe Pesci, Keith Richards, Sadako Sasaki, and Ben Kingsley. After her are Christopher Walken, Elena Ferrante, Joseph Stiglitz, Salvatore Adamo, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and Tarja Halonen. Among people deceased in 2023, Louise Glück ranks 20. Before her are Martti Ahtisaari, Kenzaburō Ōe, Just Fontaine, Fernando Botero, Lisa Marie Presley, and Ted Kaczynski. After her are Mohamed Al-Fayed, Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Paco Rabanne, Ryan O'Neal, Jacques Delors, and K. Alex Müller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louise Glück ranks 331 out of 20,380. Before her are Ezra Pound (1885), Stevie Wonder (1950), Warren G. Harding (1865), Eminem (1972), Bruce Springsteen (1949), and Philip Kotler (1931). After her are Robert Fulton (1765), Joe Frazier (1944), Henry Clay (1777), Shaquille O'Neal (1972), William Henry Harrison (1773), and Christopher Walken (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Louise Glück ranks 29. Before her are Pearl S. Buck (1892), Gertrude Stein (1874), Coen brothers (null), David Woodard (1964), Henry Miller (1891), and Ezra Pound (1885). After her are James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Margaret Mitchell (1900), Mario Puzo (1920), Paul Auster (1947), O. Henry (1862), and Raymond Chandler (1888).

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