With themes such as failed love affairs, broken family relationships and existential despair, this year's Nobel laureates in literature have distinguished themselves as one of the most influential American poets. Here is an introduction to Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück.
She was born in New York and is a writer who writes in person.
Her debut came in 1968, and her poetry is characterized by a desire to come to terms with emotions - and life.
But who is Louise Glück?
The cultural news has summed up her life, and writing.