露易丝·格丽克(Louise Glück,1943— ),美国桂冠诗人,生于一个匈牙利裔犹太人家庭,1968年出版处女诗集《头生子》,至今著有十二本诗集和一本诗随笔集。格丽克的诗长于对心理隐微之处的把握,早期作品具有很强的自传性,后来的作品则通过人神对质,以及对神话人物的心理分析,导向人的存在根本问题,爱、死亡、生命、毁灭。自《阿勒山》开始,她的每部诗集都是精巧的织体,可作为一首长诗或一部组诗。从《阿勒山》和《野鸢尾》开始,格丽克成了“必读的诗人”。
Louise Elisabeth Glück (born April 22, 1943) is an American poet and essayist. One of the most prominent American poets of her generation, she has won many major literary awards in the United States, including the National Humanities Medal, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and Bollingen Prize, among others. From 2003 to 2004, she was Poet Laureate of the United States. Glück is often described as an autobiographical poet; her work is known for its emotional intensity and for frequently drawing on myth, history, or nature to meditate on personal experiences and modern life.
Glück was born in New York City and raised on New York's Long Island. She began to suffer from anorexia nervosa while in high school and later overcame the illness. She took classes at Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University but did not obtain a degree. In addition to her career as an author, she has had a career in academia as a teacher of poetry at several institutions.