Canadian poet Anne Carson bags Nobel Prize for Literature

Stockholm, Oct 8 (UNI) Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2026, with the Swedish Academy praising her "bold and inventive oeuvre" and her role in creating new forms of contemporary literature. Carson, 76, was recognised for work that moves between poetry, fiction and scholarship, often drawing on classical literature while experimenting with genre and form. The Nobel committee said Carson had created new forms "in playful dialogue with the classical tradition". Carson, who is currently in Iceland, joked that the judges were "crazy" to have selected her. "I think they're…