almost four years. malian opposition politician, soumaila cisse and two others, both italians, were also freed. it's not known how they gained their liberty, but it follows the release of more than a hundred islamic militants at the weekend. now, one of america's leading poets — louise gluck — has been awarded this year's nobel prize for literature. the swedish academy praised her unmistakable poetic voice and its austere beauty — but added that her work was also full of biting wit. she's only the sixteenth woman to win the prize. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. it came to me one night as i was falling asleep, that i had finished with those amorous adventures to which i had long been a slave. finished with love, my heart murmured. the words of louise gluck, read by the poet herself. a writer