Canadian author Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature [SOUND]

# Canadian author Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The poet, translator and teacher was born in Toronto in 1950. Carson’s work draws on ancient Greek literature. Her notable works include Autobiography of Red, The Glass Essay and Nox. The Nobel committee’s Anders Olsson says Carson is being recognised for her bold and inventive body of work, which engages with classical traditions while creating new forms of contemporary literature: