

Memorial Page for Louise Glück
U.S. poet and Nobel laureate
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April 22nd, 2026
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Louise Glück (* April 22, 1943 in New York City; † October 13, 2023 in Cambridge) was an u.S. poet and Nobel laureate. She was 80 years old. She was married to John Dranow. She had 1 child. Her education included Columbia University, Sarah Lawrence College and George W. Hewlett High School. Her faith was Judaism. She received 9 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Bollingen Prize. Her cause of death was cancer.
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12 EventsBorn in New York City, New York
1943Columbia University
1963until 1966
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1970Guggenheim Fellowship
1975Married John Dranow
1977until 1996
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
1993The Wild Iris
Bollingen Prize
2001United States Poet Laureate
2003PEN New England Award
2007National Humanities Medal
2015Nobel Prize in Literature
2020Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County (cancer)
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- John Dranow
Louise Glück. Forever remembered.