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Canadian author Anne Carson was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature by the Swedish Academy on 8 October 2026. She was recognised for her bold and inventive body of work, which engages creatively with classical traditions to develop new forms of contemporary literature.
About Anne Carson
Anne Carson was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1950. She is known for works that combine poetry, prose and translation, drawing extensively on ancient Greek literature, mythology and classical traditions. She has served as a professor of classics at institutions including Princeton University, New York University and McGill University in Montreal.
Her first book, Eros the Bittersweet, was published in 1986 and explores desire through literary criticism and ancient Greek traditions. One of her best-known works, Autobiography of Red (1998), is a novel in verse inspired by fragments of the ancient Greek poet Stesichorus. It reimagines the myth of Geryon, a red-winged monster killed by Herakles, as the story of a modern teenage boy navigating heartbreak and desire.
In 2001, Carson became the first woman to win the T. S. Eliot Prize, for The Beauty of the Husband. She has also received Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships.
About the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature recognises an author’s outstanding literary contributions over their body of work. The 2026 award carries a prize amount of 12 million Swedish kronor. According to the supplied information, Carson is the 19th woman among 123 Nobel laureates in Literature.
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