The Swedish Academy of Literature announced on the 8th that it will award the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature to Canadian writer Anne Carson.
This is the scene of the announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, filmed in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 8th. Xinhua News Agency: Lu You Photographer
The Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, Ingrid Kalberg, said at a press conference that day that the reason for Carson‘s award was “her bold and innovative work, which creates new forms for contemporary literature in an easy dialogue with classical tradition.”
This is the scene of the announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, filmed in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 8th. Xinhua News Agency: Lu You Photographer
Calberg said she had informed Carson over the phone about the winning news. Carson was “surprised and very happy” about it.
This is the scene of the announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, filmed in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 8th. Xinhua News Agency: Lu You Photographer
Carson was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1950, and writes mainly in English. His representative works include the 1998 poetic novel “Autobiography of Red” and the 2001 poetic novel “The Beauty of Husband.”