- She was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature Award.
- Received the National Book Award for Poetry in 2014 for "Faithful and Virtuous Night".
- Awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2015.
- Earned the 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her collection "The Wild Iris".
- Her father co-founded the cutting tools empire X-Acto.
- She attended Sarah Lawrence College and Columbia University.
- She taught poetry at Williams College, Yale University and Stanford University.
- Glück's work has been the subject of academic study. Her papers, including manuscripts, correspondence, and other materials, are housed at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.
- Glück is often described as an autobiographical poet; her work is known for its emotional intensity and for frequently drawing on mythology or nature imagery to meditate on personal experiences and modern life. Thematically, her poems have illuminated aspects of trauma, desire, and nature. In doing so, they have become known for frank expressions of sadness and isolation.
- In 2003, she was appointed the judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, a position she held until 2010. The Yale Series is the oldest annual literary competition in the United States, and during her time as judge, she selected for publication works by the poets Jay Hopler, Peter Streckfus, and Fady Joudah, among others.
- She received the "Melville Cane Award" and the "National Book Critics Circle Award" in 1985 for 'The Triumph of Achilles '.
- Glück served as the Frederick Iseman Professor in the Practice of Poetry at Yale University and as a professor of English at Stanford University. She split her time between Cambridge, Massachusetts; Montpelier, Vermont; and Berkeley, California.
- She remained a close confidant and friend to Vermont novelist Kathryn Davis throughout her life. The two often corresponded to share their developing works, seeking creative advice throughout their lengthy friendship and writing careers.
- In 1999, Glück, along with the poets Rita Dove and W. S. Merwin, was asked to serve as a special consultant to the Library of Congress for that institution's bicentennial. In this capacity, she helped the Library of Congress to determine programming to mark its 200th anniversary celebration.
- As a teenager, Glück developed anorexia nervosa, which became the defining challenge of her late teenage and young adult years.
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