Nobel laureate
Anne Carson — Nobel Prize in Literature 2026
“for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”
Prize motivation
“for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”
The Swedish Academy awarded Anne Carson 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.
Other laureates of the 2020s
Sources & data
- Nobel Prize API (CC0).