‘A celebration of the hybrid form’: Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize
Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern.
Artist, podcast host and writer Mia Funk joined France 24 to discuss Carson’s work. The Swedish Academy praised the 76-year-old poet and essayist's work for being 'bold and inventive'. Most prestigious literature prize goes to Canadian known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson, the Swedish Academy has announced.
The academy cited the author’s “bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”. Continue reading...
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