She attended sarah lawrence college and columbia university. Louise gluck wins 2015 national humanities medal english. Louise gluck has won the 2014 national book award for poetry for her latest book, faithful and virtuous night farrar, straus and giroux. The national book awards ceremony from wednesday night. Louise gluck accepts the 2014 national book award in. Poet laureate in 20032004, teaches at yale university. Poet laureate who is known for works such as firstborn and a village life.
The category poetry was established in 1950 and has been awarded annually save. Vita nova 1999, which was awarded the new yorkers book award. Louise gluck faithful and virtuous night farrar, straus and giroux isbn. Nov 20, 2014 louise gluck, adjunct professor of english and editor of the yale series of younger poets 20032010, has received a 2014 national book award for her own book of poetry, faithful and virtuous night. She won the national book award for poetry in 2014 for faithful and virtuous night. Gluck s most recent collection, faithful and virtuous night, won the 2014 national book award for poetry. Louise gluck at the 2014 national book awards in new york robin marchantgetty. John ashbery accepts lifetime achievement award at 2011 national book awards duration.
A fifth category, the national book award for translated literature, was added in 2018, recognizing works in translation for the first time since 1983. Louise glucks words still resonate at williams the. The 2015 national humanities medal recipients were. The wild iris 1992, which received the pulitzer prize and the poetry society. Averno 2006, which was a finalist for the national book award. She is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently, faithful and virtuous night farrar, straus, and giroux, 2014, which won the 2014 national book award in poetry. In her most recent book, faithful and virtuous night which won the national book award last yearglueck has created an. Elements of a medieval quest superimpose on a modern city, and she writes in the voice of an aging artist and a man. Louise gluck reading, the mohr visiting poet creative.
Obama awards 2015 national arts and humanities medals president obama awarded the 2015 national arts and national humanities medals at the white house thursday. She was elected a chancellor of the academy of american poets from 1999 2005, and she is a currently member of the american academy and institute of arts and letters. In a lovely landscape such as italy, averno is proof that we get better with age, as louise gluck s writing only seems to get more spectacular. Louise gluck accepts the 2014 national book award in poetry. Louise gluck, american poet whose willingness to confront the horrible, the difficult, and the painful resulted in a body of work characterized by insight and a severe lyricism. Before mark ouillette retired, he was our senior bookbuyer, with over 40 years in the book business. Louise elisabeth gluck born april 22, 1943 is an american poet. Oct 15, 2014 get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award on tuesday night, finalists for the national book awards read from their nominated works at the new school in new york city.
Louise gluck is the author of nine books of poetry. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. The horse and rider, by louise gluck louise gluck, national book award winners. The tomas transtromer prize given every 2 years, 2020 national humanities medal, 2016 gold medal in poetry, american academy of arts and letters given every 6 years in poetry, 2015 american philosophical society, elected 2015 national book award, 2014 academy of achievement, 2012 aikentaylor award, 2010. Another from the same period acknowledges, birth, not death, is the hard loss. Essays on poetry, she has received the national book critics circle award for poetry, the william carlos williams award, and the penmartha albrand award for nonfiction. Her many awards include the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award. Jun 30, 2015 louise was poet laureate of the united states in 20032004. Gluck has been awarded a pulitzer prize, and had been nominated for the national book award before but this year marks gluck s first nba win. She has been awarded the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award, the william carlos williams award, the bobbitt national poetry prize, and the ambassadors award for her poetry, as well as the penmartha albrand award. Louise gluck will bring to the library of congress a strong, vivid, deep poetic voice, accomplished in a series of booklength poetic cycles. Louise gluck, adjunct professor of english and the rosenkranz writer in. Tanehisi coates wins national book award for between the world and me. It is a breath of fresh air to find an author such as her.
She won the pulitzer prize for the collection the wild iris. Other finalists in the poetry category are louise gluck, fanny howe, maureen n. National book awards 2014 national book foundation. Louise gluck is the author of more than a dozen books of poems averno, a village life and essay collections american originality. Louise gluck won the national book award for poetry for her collection, faithful and virtuous night farrar, straus and giroux. The garden, one of her most anthologized poems, crystallizes much of what she is known for. Louise elisabeth gluck born april 22, 1943 is an american poet and essayist. Professor gluck is the author of 10 books of poetry. Winners were selected from the shortlist in categories including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young peoples literature.
President barack obama will award the medals in conjunction with the national medal of arts during a white house ceremony on sept. The author of eight books of poetry and one collection of essays, proofs and theories. Louise gluck is the author of ten books of poems and a collection of essays. Gluck is the author of twelve books of poetry, including. It was also shortlisted for the 2015 naacp image award and was a finalist for the hurstonwright legacy award. In 2015, she was awarded the gold medal for poetry from the american academy of arts and letters. President barack obama will award the medals in conjunction with the national medal of arts during a.
Vita nova 1999, which was awarded the new yorkers book award in poetry. The small hours come in many shades in faithful and virtuous night, the collection of poetry louise gluck published in 2014 to win the national book award. This reairs along with full coverage of the red carpet on sunday at 10p et on book tv. Her prizewinning poetry and her great interest in young poets will enliven the poet laureates office during the next year.
Glucks tenth book of verse, averno 2006, takes its name from a lake in southern italy, which the ancient romans believed was the entrance to the underworld. She is a previous winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book critics circle award. The national book award for poetry is one of five annual national book awards, which are. She has been awarded the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award, the william carlos williams award, the bobbitt national poetry prize, and the ambassadors award for her poetry, as well as the penmartha albrand award for nonfiction. In her most recent book, faithful and virtuous nightwhich won the national book award last yearglueck has created an entirely new speaker.
Her many awards include the pulitzer prize for the wild iris, the national book award for poetry for faithful and virtuous night and the national book critics circle award for the triumph of achilles. Louise gluck wins national book award for poetry yalenews. Louise gluck to give poetry reading at williams college. She won the pulitzer prize, the national book award, the national book critics circle award, the bollingen prize for poetry, and most of the other poetry prizes and distinguished fellowships you can win. Nov 23, 2014 louise gluck accepts the 2014 national book award in poetry for faithful and virtuous night. Louise gluck was born in new york city on april 22, 1943, and grew up on long island. Gluck, the rosenkrantz writer in residence, is the author of 10 books of poetry. At the national book awards ceremony and dinner held in new york city each november, the chair of each judging panel announce the winners of the years national book awards.
The ceremony was hosted by daniel handler otherwise known as lemony snicket. Louise gluck wins 2015 national humanities medal yale. As her work blossomed over the decades into its variegated forms, awards and honors rained down steadily on louise gluck. In 2014, she received the national book award for her book of poetry, faithful. The panelists are five writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field. At the national book awards ceremony wednesday night, there were two very different silences. Considered by many to be one of americas most talented contemporary poets, gluck is noted for her poetrys technical precision, sensitivity, and insight into. Other recent books are a village life 2009, which was shortlisted for the international griffin poetry prize, and averno 2006, which was nominated for the national book award, won the l. National humanities medal, 2016 gold medal in poetry, american academy of arts and letters given every 6 years in poetry, 2015 american philosophical society, elected 2015 national book award, 2014 academy of achievement, 2012 aikentaylor award, 2010 short list, griffin prize canada. Everybody who loves poems by louise gluck should read this. The national book award is the nations highest honor in literature. In the searing tone that characterizes much of her work, an early poem of louise glucks begins, there is always something to be made of pain. Faithful and virtuous night louise gluck macmillan. Neil gaiman presents lifetime achievement award to ursula k.
Louise gluck won the pulitzer prize for the wild iris in 1993. Obama awards 2015 national arts and humanities medals. Another book that is compatible with averno is by an italianamerican author, michele geraldi, and it is titled calling in the night. She teaches at yale university and lives in cambridge, massachusetts. One of the most prominent american poets of her generation, she has won many major literary awards in the united states, including the national humanities medal, pulitzer prize, national book award. Louise gluck accepts the 2014 national book award in poetry for. President barack obama 2nd l presents the national humanities medal to poet louise gluck l during an east room ceremony at the white house september 22, 2016. Oct 08, 2015 it was also shortlisted for the 2015 naacp image award and was a finalist for the hurstonwright legacy award. Poet louise gluck, recipient of the pulitzer prize for poetry and the 2015 national humanities medal. Louise gluck, american poet whose willingness to confront the horrible, the. Averno is a small crater lake in southern italy, regarded by the ancient romans as the entrance to the underworld. He likes to read primarily contemporary american novelists and short story writers with a decidedly playful bent pynchon, lorrie moore, the mcsweeneyites. She has also been awarded the national book critics circle award, the bollingen prize, and the national book award, among many other distinctions.
The national book award winners were announced on november 19, 2014. Mar 12, 2020 louise gluck, american poet whose willingness to confront the horrible, the difficult, and the painful resulted in a body of work characterized by insight and a severe lyricism. Apr 24, 2015 this pin was discovered by national book foundation. Redeployment, age of ambition win national book awards. Louise gluck facts, bio, age, personal life famous birthdays. Yales louise gluck awarded the gold medal for poetry. Get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award.
She was born in new york city and grew up in long island. She has also been awarded the national book critics circle award, the bollingen prize, and the national book award, among many other distinctions, including having been selected in 2003 as poet laureate of the library of congress. Louise gluck accepts the 2014 national book award in poetry for faithful and virtuous night. Louise gluck national endowment for the humanities neh. Glucks most recent collection, faithful and virtuous night, won the 2014 national book award for poetry. Louise gluck poems, quotations and biography on louise gluck poet page. Louise gluck wins national book award for poetry jstor daily. Louise gluck was born in new york city in 1943 and grew up on long island. Winner of the 2014 national book award for poetrya luminous. Previous winners of this distinguished honor john updike, stephen.
Read all poems of louise gluck and infos about louise gluck. At national book awards, ursula le guin, phil klay bring. She is the author of 15 poetry collections, including the wild iris 1992, which won the pulitzer prize. It is the mark of a louise glueck poem that you feel as if the poet has revealed something deeply personal, yet you can never be quite sure what has been revealed. The national book award for poetry is one of five annual national book awards, which are given by the national book foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by us citizens. Her 2006 poetry collection, averno, was a finalist for the national book award.
Other recent books include a village life 2009, which was shortlisted for the international griffin poetry prize, and averno 2006, which was nominated for the national book award, won the l. From this darkened stance, she continued for four decades to. National book awards finalists announced the washington post. Now 71, gluck has been a prominent poetic voice for decades. The horse and rider, by louise gluck national poetry month. In 2008, she was awarded the wallace stevens award, and in 2015 she received the gold medal for poetry from the american academy of arts and letters. Considered by many to be one of americas most talented contemporary poets, gluck is noted for her poetrys technical precision, sensitivity, and insight into loneliness, family relationships, divorce, and death, as well as what poet rosanna warren has. In 1948, she was appointed poet laureate consultant in poetry to the library of congress. There are formal surprises in this new collection which recently won the national book award as well. Book critics circle award, the bollingen prize, and the national book award. Poems about love, death, religion, art, politics, sex, and everything else. Sep 19, 2016 louise gluck, acclaimed poet and the rosencrantz writer in residence at yale, is among the 12 distinguished recipients of the 2015 national humanities medals. Louise gluck awarded gold medal for poetry yalenews. In 1993, she received the pulitzer prize for the wild iris.
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