The Nobel Prize in Literature has been won by American poet Louise Gluck "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal".
The prize was announced in Stockholm on Thursday by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy.
New York-born Gluck, 77, who is a professor of English at Yale University, made her debut in 1968 with Firstborn, and "was soon acclaimed as one of the most prominent poets in American contemporary literature," the Nobel Academy said.
Her poetry is "characterised by a striving for clarity," often focusing on childhood and family life, and close relationships with parents and siblings, it said.
It noted her 2006 collection Averno, calling it "masterly" and "a visionary interpretation of the myth of Persephone's descent into hell in the captivity of Hades, the god of death".
The 2020 award comes after several years of controversy and scandal for the world's top literary accolade.
On Monday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize for physiology and medicine for the discovery of the liver-ravaging hepatitis C virus.
Tuesday's prize for physics honoured breakthroughs in understanding the mysteries of cosmic black holes, and the chemistry prize on Wednesday went to scientists behind a powerful gene-editing tool.
Still to come are prizes for outstanding work in the fields of peace and economics.
The 10 million Swedish crown ($1.5 million) prize is named after dynamite inventor and businessman Alfred Nobel and has been awarded since 1901 for achievements in science, literature and peace in accordance with his will.
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