Canadian poet Anne Carson has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The jury praised her bold and inventive work that renews contemporary literature through dialogue with classical tradition.
Canadian poet Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, the jury announced on Thursday.
The jury praised a “bold and inventive body of work which, in playful dialogue with classical tradition, has given rise to new forms for contemporary literature.”
This distinction honors a writer whose work profoundly renews literary forms.
The previous year, the prize was awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai.
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