Quote by: Louise Gluck

Balm of the summer night, balm of the ordinary, imperial joy and sorrow of human existence, the dreamed as well as the lived— what could be dearer than this, given the closeness of death?


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Author Bio


  • NameLouise Gluck
  • DescriptionAmerican poet
  • AliasesLouise Elisabeth Glück
  • BornApril 22, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Poet
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Bollingen Prize; Pulitzer Prize For Poetry