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Louise Glück

Memorial Page for Louise Glück

Apr 22, 1943 – Oct 13, 2023(80 years)Died in:Cambridge, Middlesex County

U.S. poet and Nobel laureate

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Occupation(3)

writerpoetessayist

Awards(9)

Guggenheim FellowshipBollingen PrizePulitzer Prize for PoetryPEN New England AwardUnited States Poet LaureateEunice Tietjens Memorial PrizeNational Endowment for the Arts FellowshipNational Humanities MedalNobel Prize in Literature

Spouse(1)

John Dranow

Education(3)

Columbia UniversitySarah Lawrence CollegeGeorge W. Hewlett High School

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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Born in New York City, New York

1943

Columbia University

1963

until 1966

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1970

Guggenheim Fellowship

1975

Married John Dranow

1977

until 1996

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

1993

The Wild Iris

Bollingen Prize

2001

United States Poet Laureate

2003

PEN New England Award

2007

National Humanities Medal

2015

Nobel Prize in Literature

2020

Died in Cambridge, Middlesex County (cancer)

2023

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Louise Glück. Forever remembered.