{"id":683,"date":"2026-10-08T14:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=683"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:33:38","slug":"canadian-poet-anne-carson-wins-2026-nobel-prize-in-literature-by-delson-visaho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Poet Anne Carson Wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature By Delson Visaho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469804164.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469804164.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469804164-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cited \u201cher bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.\u201d Carson, 76, was reached in Iceland \u201clistening to the wind\u201d and expressed surprise at the honour.<br><br>Born in Toronto in 1950, Carson is known for genre-blending works that move freely between poetry, prose, criticism and translation, often drawing on ancient Greek literature and mythology. Notable titles include the verse novel Autobiography of Red, Eros the Bittersweet and Norma Jeane Baker of Troy, which interweaves the stories of Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy.<br><br>The Academy praised her ability to break from traditional lyrical forms and create playful, ironic works that span classical and modern traditions. Carson has previously received major honours including the Griffin Poetry Prize and the Princess of Asturias Award for Literature. She also holds Icelandic citizenship.<br><br>The prize carries a monetary award of 12 million Swedish crowns and will be formally presented in Stockholm in December. Carson becomes one of the relatively few women to receive the literature Nobel, adding to a distinguished list of laureates recognised for reshaping contemporary literary expression.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cited \u201cher bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.\u201d Carson, 76, was reached in Iceland \u201clistening to the wind\u201d and expressed surprise at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}