Louise Glück
Special Bicentennial Consultant; U.S. Poet Laureate · 1999-2000; 2003-2004 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Louise Glück, born in New York City in 1943, was a Special Bicentennial Consultant in 1999 and 2000 and was named the 12th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry in 2003. The Library's page lists the Pulitzer Prize for The Wild Iris (1992), the National Book Award for Faithful and Virtuous Night (2014) and, in 2020, the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Appointment and term
Special Bicentennial Consultant, 1999-2000
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2003-2004
named the 12th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2003
Life
Louise Glück was born in New York City in 1943.
Books and honors
Faithful and Virtuous Night (2014), which won the National Book Award
The Wild Iris (1992), which won the Pulitzer Prize
In 2020, Glück was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Source
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