American poet Louise Glück awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature

The American poet Louise Glück, 77, won the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, a surprise award crowning her work begun in the late 1960s. She is crowned "for her characteristic poetic voice, which with its austere beauty renders universal individual existence ", announced the Swedish Academy by awarding the prize, always accompanied by a laconic motivation.

Childhood and family life, the close relationship between parents and brothers and sisters, are a central theme of his work.

A work that has remained confidential in France 

Averno

(2006) is his masterful collection, a visionary interpretation of the myth of the captive Persephone's descent into hell from Hades, the god of death.

Another spectacular achievement is his latest collection,

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In French, the translation of this poet has so far remained confidential, due to lack of publication in volume.

It is limited to specialized journals.

She devoted one of her poems to Joan of Arc in 1976. Two years after the Polish Olga Tokarczuk, Louise Glück is the 16th woman to be awarded the prize for a very feminine Nobel 2020 vintage.

This season could break the record for female winners 

With three laureates at the Nobel Scientific, this season could break the record of female laureates (five in 2009), while peace on Friday and the economy on Monday remain to be awarded.

After a series of scandals or controversies that have tarnished the world's most famous literary prize for three years, the direction this year's Nobel would take was particularly unpredictable, critics said.

Last year, the 2019 prize was awarded to the Austrian writer Peter Handke, with the sulphurous pro-Milosevic positions, causing a very lively controversy, adding to a sex scandal that had torn the Academy three years ago. , causing the historic postponement of the 2018 price.