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Nobel Prize-winning poet Louise Glück dies at 80

The winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature and Poet Laureate of the United States from 2003-2004 was 80 years old.
Louise Glück attends the National Book Awards on Nov. 19, 2014, in New York City.
Updated October 13, 2023 at 5:46 PM ET

Louise Glück, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature and Poet Laureate of the United States from 2003-2004 has died. She was 80 years old.

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