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Anne Carson, a genre-bending Canadian author, awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy praised her genre-bending work that blends poetry, prose and translation, and the prize is worth 12 million Swedish kronor.
- On Thursday, the Swedish Academy awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian writer Anne Carson, with Permanent Secretary Ingrid Carlberg announcing the 76-year-old's win in Stockholm.
- The Nobel Literature Committee praised Carson for 'bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,' the Academy said.
- Her verse novel 'Autobiography of Red' demonstrates Carson's ability to 'actualise the classical literary tradition,' while the 22-chapbook collection 'Float' exemplifies her versatile literary approach.
- Learning of the award while in Iceland, Carson told an Icelandic broadcaster, 'Crazy, I think they're all crazy,' about the 12 million Swedish crowns prize.
- Carson, who received a MacArthur 'genius' grant in 2000, becomes the first Canadian Nobel literature winner since Alice Munro in 2013, having taught classics at North American universities.
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