Anne Carson

Anne Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, and professor of Classics and comparative literature at the University of Michigan. She was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature for her bold and inventive body of work, which creates new forms for contemporary literature through a playful dialogue with classical tradition. Quotes My religion makes no sense and does not help me therefore I pursue it. "My Religion", Glass, Irony, and God, New Directions (New York, NY), 1995. She doesn't get to say much in the official biography — I believe they are out of wine, etc., practical things — watching with one eye as he goes about the world calling himself The Son Of Man. "God's Mother", Glass, Irony, and God, New Directions (New York, NY), 1995. while the shadows like long fingers over the haystacks that sweep past keep shocking him because he is riding backwards. "Father’s Old Blue Cardigan", Men in the Off Hours, Knopf (New York, NY), 2000. External link Category:Poets from Ontario Category:Living people Category:MacArthur Fellows Category:Women from Canada Category:Princeton University faculty https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/oct/08/wins-the-nobel-prize-in-literature-2026