Ann., winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson! Writing Greek myths into contemporary poetry, the Swedish Academy praises "reshaping contemporary literary forms"

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature was announced by the Swedish Academy at 7 pm today (8th). Canadian poet, writer and classical scholar Ann. Anne Carson (1950-) won the title. The 76-year-old Carson has been a poet, translator and university teacher for many years. The Swedish Academy gave her the reason for winning the award: "With bold and creative works, in an interesting dialogue with the classical tradition, she has created a new form of contemporary literature."

According to the press release on Nobel’s official website, Ann. Carson was born in Toronto, Canada in 1950. Her creations have long been located at the intersection of language research and poetry creation. She starts from etymology, word meanings and classical texts and transforms them into contemporary reading experiences. She has translated the poem fragment "If Not, Winter" by the ancient Greek poet Sappho, and has also rewritten the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides. These translations not only reproduce the original texts, but are often regarded as literary creations with independent styles.

In the 1990s, Ann. An important stage in Carson's creation, the poetry collection "Glass, Irony, and God" includes the long poem "Glass Essay", which uses a woman as the narrator after her husband leaves, and writes about her journey to the wilderness to visit her mother, during which she read Emily. Brontë's poems are simultaneously stories, reading notes, and reflections on abandonment, interweaving the lines between poetry, fiction, and prose.

install. Carson's Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse, released in 1998, is considered her masterpiece. She took the story of the red-winged monster Geryon written by the ancient Greek poet Stisikoros, and adapted the mythical giant killed by Heracles into a sensitive modern teenager. The work presents the feelings of Geryon and Hercules in a poetic style, and also deals with family trauma, growth and desires. The Swedish Academy noted that Carson revived the classical tradition in contemporary language, transforming ancient heroic stories into modern Bildungsroman.

In terms of publishing in Taiwan, Aquarius Culture has published An. Carson's "Short Talks", translated by poet and translator Chen Yuhong.