Nobel Prize in literature awarded to US poet Louise Glück
By DW
08 October 2020 |
2:08 pm
The Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to US poet Louise Glück for her "unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."
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