(Harleen Kaur, Intern Journalist)American poet Louis Gluck has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for the year 2020. Louis has bestowed this honor for his unparalleled poetic voice. Mats Malm, the Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced the awards in Stockholm, stating that his voice is beautiful as well as universalizing personal existence.
Awarded the biggest award for the unmatched poetic voice
Born in New York in 1943, 77-year-old Louis Gluck is a professor of English at Yale University. Gluck made her debut with ‘Firstborn’ in 1968 and soon became one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature. He has published a collection of twelve poems and some essays. One of Louis Gluck’s most acclaimed collections is ‘The Wild Iris’, which was published in 1992. In the poem ‘Snowdrops’ of this collection, he describes the miraculous return of life after winter.
Nobel of literature has been engulfed in controversies for the last two years
The awards were postponed in 2018 after the Swedish Academy was accused of sexual abuse. The academy was later reorganized and the awards of both years were announced in the year 2019. The 2018 Nobel of Literature was awarded to 57-year-old Poland writer Tokarchuk for making a narrative hypothesis beyond the boundaries of life. Whereas in 2019, the Nobel of literature was given to Austrian-origin writer Peter Handka. He was given this award for innovative writing and the latest experiments in the language.
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