As I think I did when we were talking about Dylan, I want to drop in here a quote from what the prize is actually for: "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction".
I find those last 4 words ambiguous and interesting. Anybody want to talk about how they might or might not apply to Gluck? Anyway, it's not just a prize for "outstandingness." FWIW, I don't have much of a take on Gluck. I admire her poems often when I see them, but she is not among the poets who really, really stick with me or blow me away.
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