Louise lucky
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)
- 1975 Guggenheim scholarship
- 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry (for The Triumph of Achilles )
- 1987 Guggenheim scholarship
- 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (for The Wild Iris )
- 1993 member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 1996 member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- 2001 Bollingen Prize in Poetry from Yale University
- 2003 Poet Laureate of the Library of Congress
- 2010 finalist of the Griffin Poetry Prize (for A Village Life )
- 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry (for Poems 1962–2012 )
- 2014 National Book Award for Poetry (for Faithful and Virtuous Night )
- 2014 member of the American Philosophical Society
- 2015 National Humanities Medal
- 2020 Tomas Tranströmpriset
Web links
- Louise Glück and CV (Word document, 35 kB, as of 2016) at Yale University (yale.edu)
- Louise Glück at the Academy of American Poets (poet.org)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Louise Glück at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Louise Glück. In: gf.org. June 14, 2020, accessed on July 4, 2018 .
- ^ National Book Critics Circle: Awards. In: bookcritics.org. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
- ^ The Wild Iris, by Louise Glück (The Ecco Press). In: pulitzer.org. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter G. (PDF; 931 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Academy Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 14, 2019 .
- ^ Louise Gluck - The Bollingen Prize for Poetry. In: bollingen.yale.edu. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Past Poets Laureate: 2001–2010 ; Library of Congress (loc.gov). Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ↑ More about Louise Glück ; Library of Congress (loc.gov). Retrieved July 4, 2018.
- ^ Griffin Poetry Prize: Louise Glück. In: griffinpoetryprize.com. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
- ^ Winner, National Book Awards 2014 for Poetry. In: nationalbook.org. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Member History. In: search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Louise luck. In: neh.gov. Retrieved July 4, 2018 .
personal data | |
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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 |