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Canadian writer Anne Carson performs her work "Antigonick" at the Moderna Museet art gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, August 5, 2025. /VCG
Canadian writer Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.
She becomes only the second Canadian ever to receive the honor.
The academy praised her "bold and inventive" work, saying she created new forms for modern literature by playing with the classics.
Canadian writer Anne Carson performs her work "Antigonick" at the Moderna Museet art gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, August 5, 2025. /VCG
Canadian writer Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.
She becomes only the second Canadian ever to receive the honor.
The academy praised her "bold and inventive" work, saying she created new forms for modern literature by playing with the classics.