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8 October 2026

Genre-bending Canadian writer Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize

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Genre-bending Canadian writer Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize

Carson was in Iceland, "listening to the wind," when she discovered she had won the Nobel Prize.

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