Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the award-giving body said on Thursday.The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 12 million Swedish crowns ($1.2 million)."She was very taken by surprise. We didn't have so much time to speak, and all she had time to tell me was that she is for the moment in Icel...
