Stockholm, Oct 8, 2026 (AFP) - Canada's Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize: jury

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2026-10-08

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded on Thursday to Canadian poet Anne Carson, an essayist and classicist who brings a modern twist to mysticism and antiquity in her writings about love, desire and despair. The 76-year-old was honoured "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the Swedish Academy said. po/jll/st ...

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