Canadian Poet Anne Carson Wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Anne Carson is a Canadian writer who makes poems, essays and translations.

She won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Her writing often mixes different kinds of stories and writing.

She also uses ideas from ancient Greek and Roman literature.

When the Swedish Academy called to tell her, she was in Iceland listening to the wind.

She was very surprised.

The article notes that some people criticize the literature Nobel for rewarding experimental writing over work that reaches many readers.