NewzThe Canadian won for her "bold and inventive oeuvre" that "has created new forms for contemporary literature." Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson who combines the classical and the modern wins Nobel Prize in Literature The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature is Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson.
The 76-year-old won “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”, the award-giving body said on Thursday. Carson’s work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in a genre-defying mix. The 76-year-old is widely known for her translations of classical Greek literature, which heavily influences her...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian author Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”The prize was announced by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million)THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in literature will be awarded Thursday by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.Last year, Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, whose surreal and anarchic novels combine a bleak world view with mordant humor, won the Nobel Prize in literature for work the judges said upholds the power of art in the midst of “apocalyptic terror.”Three science awards were announced earlier this week. The Nobel for medicine went to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.
The physics award recognized a scientist’s efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos. The chemistry prize recognized two scientists for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs.This week ends with Friday's peace prize. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced Monday.The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, small group of laureates or organization.___Dazio reported from Berlin.___AP Nobel Prizes: https://apnews.com/hub/nobel-prizes
The author was awarded the prestigious prize by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm this afternoon. STOCKHOLM (AP) — Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.” Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said the author was in Iceland “listening to the wind” when the academy reached her to notify her of the win. “She was very taken by surprise,” Carlberg said.
Toronto-born Carson, 76, draws on themes and stories from ancient Greek and Roman literature for works that often blend elements of poetry, essay and fiction. Her books include “Eros the Bittersweet,” a look at the pleasure and pain of desire in ancient Greek literature, verse novel “Autobiography of Red,” “Men in the Off Hours,” a collection of poetry and prose that won Canada’s Griffin Prize for poetry in 2001 and “Norma Jeane Baker of Troy,” which compares Marilyn Monroe and Helen of Troy. Carson also has translated works of classical Greek literature that, the Swedish Academy said, “may be regarded as independent works in their own right.” They include “If Not, Winter,” based on poem fragments by Sappho, Sophocles’ tragic plays “Electra” and “Antigone” and Euripides’s “Bakkhai.” “Almost all her literary production has centered upon the intersection between the philologist’s obsession with words and the poet’s desire for new meaning,” said Anders Olsson, chair of the literature committee.
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