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American Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

Published October 8, 2020 at 12:25 PM EDT

American poet Louise Gluck won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy praised her “unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.”

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson discusses Gluck’s win with NPR’s Rose Friedman.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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President Barack Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to poet Louise Gluck during an East Room ceremony at the White House on Sept. 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to poet Louise Gluck during an East Room ceremony at the White House on Sept. 22, 2016, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)