2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
Louise Glück
"for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."
Date
  • 8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) (announcement)
  • 10 December 2020
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American poet Louise Glück (1943–2023) who the Swedish Academy members praised "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." The winner was announced on October 8, 2020, by Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.[1] She is the 13th Nobel laureate in Literature from the United States after 2016 laureate Bob Dylan and 1993 laureate Toni Morrison.[2]

  1. ^ Price announcement nobelprize.org
  2. ^ The Nobel Prize in literature 2020 nobelprize.org