Nobel Prize in Literature: American Poet Louise Gl?ck (Update)

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[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] This year’s Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to American poet Louise Gl?ck.

The Swedish Academy announced on the 8th that American poet Louise Gl?ck (77) has been selected as this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.

The Academy praised Gl?ck for "expressing the individual existence universally through clear poetic expression with rigorous beauty." It added, "Gl?ck’s poetry can be characterized by a fierce effort toward clarity and often focuses on childhood and family life, as well as relationships between parents and siblings."

The Academy especially highlighted Gl?ck’s work Averno, praising it for its dreamlike and skillful interpretation of the myth of Persephone trapped in Hades.

Born in New York in 1943, Gl?ck is currently a professor of English literature at Yale University. She debuted in 1968 with the poetry collection Firstborn and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1993 for The Wild Iris, published in 1992. In 2014, she received the National Book Award.

This is the first time in four years since Bob Dylan in 2016 that an American has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gl?ck is the 12th American to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Nobel laureates receive a total prize money of 9 million kronor (approximately 1.09 billion KRW) along with the Nobel medal and diploma.

The award ceremony is scheduled to be held in Stockholm on December 10. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gl?ck may deliver her acceptance speech via video from the United States.

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