The Swedish Academy praised the poet's "unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."

American Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

Louise Gluck's books are on display during the announcement of the 2020 Nobel Prize in literature at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Oct. 8, 2020. (Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

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)

American Poet Louise Gluck Wins Nobel Prize In Literature

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