Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave

Louise Glück was photographed outside her home in Cambridge, Mass., after being named the 2020 Nobel laureate in literature. Daniel Ebersole/Nobel Prize OutreachWhen asked what her response was to being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2020, Louise Glück replied that she was “completely flabbergasted.” She said she had thought it “extremely unlikely that I would ever have this particular event to deal with in my life.” Glück, who died on Oct. 13, 2023, at the age of 80, may have been tak