Louise lucky

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Louise Elisabeth Glück (also Gluck ; born April 22, 1943 in New York City ) is an American poet and essayist .

life and work

Louise Glück grew up on Long Island . She studied at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University , including with Stanley Kunitz . After the release of her first poetry book First Born in 1968, she suffered from a writer's block , they only overcame when she in 1971 a lecturer at Goddard College ( Vermont accepted). She then held a professorship at Williams College for 20 years . From 1999 to 2003 she was Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets . Glück Rosenkranz has been Writer in Residence and Professor of English at Yale University since 2004 .

A main focus of the complex structured poems with pulsating verses, written in the free rhythm of a naturally flowing language, is the confrontation of humans with the imponderables of nature.

The poems by Louise Glück are translated into German by Ulrike Draesner .

Single title (selection)

Original American editions

  • Firstborn . The Ecco Press, New York 1968.
  • The House on Marshland . The Ecco Press, New York 1975.
  • Descending Figure . The Ecco Press, New York 1980.
  • The Triumph of Achilles . The Ecco Press, New York 1985.
  • Ararat . The Ecco Press, New York 1990.
  • The Wild Iris . The Ecco Press, New York 1992.
  • Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry . The Ecco Press, New York 1994.
  • The First Four Books of Poems . The Ecco Press, New York 1995.
  • Meadowlands . The Ecco Press, New York 1996.
  • Vita Nova . The Ecco Press, New York 1999.
  • The Seven Ages . The Ecco Press, New York 2001.
  • Averno . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2006.
  • A village life . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2009.
  • Poems: 1962-2012 . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2013.
  • Faithful and Virtuous Night . Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York 2014.
  • American Originality: Essays on Poetry . Macmillan, New York 2017.

Transfers into German

  • Averno . Poems. Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2007.
  • Wild iris . Poems. Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Munich 2008.

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Louise Glück. In: gf.org. June 14, 2020, accessed on July 4, 2018 .
  2. ^ National Book Critics Circle: Awards. In: bookcritics.org. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
  3. ^ The Wild Iris, by Louise Glück (The Ecco Press). In: pulitzer.org. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter G. (PDF; 931 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 14, 2019 .
  6. ^ Louise Gluck - The Bollingen Prize for Poetry. In: bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Past Poets Laureate: 2001–2010 ; Library of Congress (loc.gov). Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  8. ↑ More about Louise Glück ; Library of Congress (loc.gov). Retrieved July 4, 2018.
  9. ^ Griffin Poetry Prize: Louise Glück. In: griffinpoetryprize.com. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
  10. ^ Winner, National Book Awards 2014 for Poetry. In: nationalbook.org. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Member History. In: search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Louise luck. In: neh.gov. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lucky louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luck, Louise Elisabeth; Gluck, Louise; Gluck Louise Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City