Louise Glück , née le 22 avril 1943 à New York et morte le 13 octobre 2023 à Cambridge , est une poétesse américaine. Primée à plusieurs reprises, elle est lauréate du prix Nobel de littérature en 2020. Wikipedia
“From the beginning of time,
in childhood, I thought
that pain meant
I was not loved.
It meant I loved.”
Source: "First Memory", Ararat (1990)
“I caution you as I was never cautioned
you will never let go, you will never be satiated.”
Source: "The Sensual World", The Seven Ages (2001)
“We look at the world once, in childhood.
The rest is memory.”
Source: Meadowlands (1996), "Nostos"
“The soul is silent.
If it speaks at all
it speaks in dreams.”
Source: "Child Crying Out", Ararat (1990)
“Of two sisters
one is always the watcher,
one the dancer.”
Source: "Tango", Descending Figure (1980)
Source: "Still Life", The House on Marshland (1975)
Source: As quoted in "Poet Laureate: Louise Glück and the Public Face of a Private Artist" https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/opinion/editorial-observer-poet-laureate-louise-gluck-public-face-private-artist.html by Andrew Johnston, The New York Times (November 4, 2003)
“The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last.”
Source: "Against Sincerity", in American Poetry Review, Vol. XXII, No. 5 (1993), p. 29
