Acclaimed American poet and Nobel laureate Louise Glück dies at 80

Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, passed away at the age of 80.
Glück was known for her candid explorations of trauma, longing, and the human condition in her precisely crafted poetry.
She became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature since T.S. Eliot in 1948.
During her prolific career, Glück won numerous honors including the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and National Humanities Medal.
Glück's brief, conversational poems were influenced by mythology, nature, and her own experiences.