One of America's most celebrated poets and essayists has passed away at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Alongside the Nobel prize, she was a Pulitzer Prize winner and served as US Poet Laureate.
Celebrated Nobel-winning poet Louise Gluck has died aged 80, her editor has confirmed. Her death was confirmed on Friday by Jonathan Galassi, her editor at Farrar, Straus & Giroux. According to her publisher, the US poet and Pulitzer Prize-winner died of cancer at her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Gluck became one of the most critically acclaimed poets and essayists in modern America.
When awarding her the Nobel, the Swedish Academy, which is responsible for selecting the literature prize winner, said her poetry had an 'unmistakable voice' and 'austere beauty'. Alongside the Nobel Prize, the US poet was awarded Pulitzer Prize for her poetry collection The Wild Iris in 1993 and served as Poet Laureate of the United States in 2003-2004. Poet Tracy K Smith, also a Pulitzer winner, said in a statement that Gluck's poetry had 'saved' her many times.
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