00:04On Thursday, Canadian poet Anne Carlson was announced as the recipient of the
00:092026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The new permanent secretary of the
00:14Swedish Academy, Ingrid Kalberg, stated Carlson was selected for her bold and
00:20inventive over that in playful dialogue with the classical tradition has created
00:26new forms for contemporary literature. Born in 1915 Toronto, Carlson earned a PhD in
00:35classics and has taught a number at a number of universities throughout her
00:39decades-long career. A poet, classicist and translator among her works stands out
00:45titles such as Plain Water, Ron Norma, The Beauty of the Husband and Genra Crossing
00:51Autobiography of Red. Carlson became only the 19th woman to win the Nobel Prize for
00:59Literature, with recent winners including Han Kang in 2024 and Annie Erno in 2022.
