Descending Figure (American Poetry Series)
Louise GlückPublished1981
Pages48
Formatpaperback
PublisherEcco Pr
Synopsis
Images of life and spiritual growth center around the themes of the garden, the mirror, and lamentations in this collection of twenty-six poems
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About Louise Glück
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Louise Glück
1943–2023
Louise Elisabeth Glück (/ɡlɪk/ GLIK; born April 22, 1943) is an American poet and essayist. She won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature, whose judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal". Her other awards include the Pulitzer Prize, National Humanities Medal, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Bollingen Prize. From 2003 to 2004, she was Poet Laureate of the United States. [source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Gl%C3%BCck)
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