The winner of 2020 Nobel Prize in literature, Louise Elisabeth Gluck is an American poet and essayist. From an early age, her interest in the written word was nurtured by her parents who also introduced her to the ancient Greek classics. Ancient Greek myths continued to feature prominently in her writings. While still in High School, Louise Gluck had started writing poetry and submitting them to publishers. Her teenage years were difficult ones where she struggled with anorexia nervosa. The ensuing psychoanalysis for treating this disorder fuelled her creativity in her later years. Louise Gluck did not attend regular college, choosing instead to attend workshops and night classes. Her first book received critical acclaim and she was offered many teaching jobs. At that time Gluck believed that teaching would hamper her writing and turned down the job offers. It was only when she faced writer’s block and almost gave up on writing that she took up a teaching job. To her surprise, teaching liberated her and she started composing poetry again. Throughout her life, Louise Gluck has held teaching positions in various universities. Gluck’s writing style is direct and colloquial. Her poetry talks of death, suffering, pain as well as renewal and healing. Scholars have often found influences of Emily Dickinson and Rainer Maria Rilke in her works.