# Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature

https://mins.news/en/video/92337

- VOA Chinese, 2026-10-09 00:00 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRcIUlBVuOA

> The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature has gone to Canadian writer Anne Carson, 76, who was born in Toronto and is a poet, writer, classical scholar and translator. Her work often blends poetry, prose, dialogue and drama. The Swedish Academy praised her bold, inventive engagement with classical tradition. Carson said the news took her by surprise and that she was considering how to donate the 12 million Swedish kronor prize, worth about $1.2 million.

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