The Wild Iris - by Louise Glück (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

A new edition of the Nobel laureate's brilliant and mournful sixth collection of poetry, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1993.

The Wild Iris is a collection of stunningly beautiful poems that encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realms, and is bound together by the universal realities of time and mortality. With clarity and sureness of craft, Louise Glück's poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive.

About the Author

Louise Glück (1943-2023) is the author of two collections of essays and thirteen books of poems. Her many awards include the Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Humanities Medal, the Pulitzer Prize for The Wild Iris, the National Book Award for Faithful and Virtuous Night, the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Triumph of Achilles, the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poems 1962-2012, and the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. She taught at Yale University and Stanford University.