Anne Carson Wins Nobel for Transforming Poetry and Literature

Anne Carson is a Canadian writer who works with poems, essays, stories and translations.

She won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The Swedish Academy said her writing brings together classical and modern ideas.

She often draws on ancient Greek and Roman literature.

Her books explore feelings such as love, loneliness and loss.

Some of her works mix poetry with criticism and storytelling.

Carson was in Iceland, listening to the wind, when she learned she had won.

She was surprised by the news.