Nobel Literature Prize

Nobel Literature Prize

Canadian poet Anne Carson at the Moderna Museet art gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2015. File Photo: TT News Agency/Pontus Lundahl/Reuters

2026 Nobel Prize winner Anne Carson: Where to start reading

The works of this year's Nobel Literature Prize-winning poet and essayist Anne Carson can feel slightly daunting. Here are some keys to understanding her universe.

Japanese Nobel literature prize winner Kenzaburo Oe makes a speech at a rally against a possible restart of nuclear reactors in Tokyo, Japan June 6, 2012. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe, who wrote of war and his son, dies at 88

Austrian author Peter Handke shakes hands with Sweden's King Carl Gustaf as he receives the 2019 Nobel Prize during the Nobel Prize award ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden December 10, 2019/ TT News Agency via Reuters

Austria's Handke receives Nobel Literature Prize amid protests, criticism

2019 Nobel Prize laureate in literature Olga Tokarczuk speaks at a press conference at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday December 6, 2019/ UNB-AP

Nobel laureate Tokarczuk dreams of a new narrative style

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Five things to know about the Nobel Literature Prize