Literature

Interview

Telephone interview, October 2020 https://youtu.be/0FIFQR56TyQ “It’s too new … it’s too early here” Telephone interview with Louise Glück immediately following the announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature on 8 October 2020. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Chief Scientific Officer of Nobel Media. “My first thought was ‘I won’t have any friends,’ because most…

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Prize announcement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-6f1IPOm5c Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 to Louise Glück, presented by Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 8 October 2020. After the announcement Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature, presented the laureate in Swedish and English and answered questions from the audience.

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Bio-bibliography

Swedish Biobibliografi Den amerikanska poeten Louise Glück föddes 1943 i New York och är bosatt i Cambridge i Massachusetts. Hon har utöver sitt skrivande också varit verksam som lärare, numera vid Yale University i New Haven, Connecticut. Hon har alltsedan sin debut 1968 med Firstborn hört till de mest prominenta lyrikerna i den amerikanska samtidslitteraturen…

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Bio-bibliography

English Biobibliography The American poet Louise Glück was born 1943 in New York and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Apart from her writing she is a professor of English at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. She made her debut in 1968 with Firstborn, and was soon acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American…

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Press release

Swedish Ständige sekreteraren Pressmeddelande 8 oktober 2020   Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2020 Louise Glück Nobelpriset i litteratur år 2020 tilldelas den amerikanska poeten Louise Glück ”för hennes omisskännliga poetiska röst, som med sträng skönhet gör den enskilda människans existens universell”.

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Press release

English The Permanent Secretary Press release 8 October 2020   The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 Louise Glück The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2020 is awarded to the American poet Louise Glück “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal”.

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