Written by: Madisyn Falto Photo of Anne Carson (The Guardian) On Thursday, Oct. 8, the Nobel Prize Academy announced its 2026 winner in Literature to be Anne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist. Carson becomes the 19th woman to win out of 123 laureates. Carson has been widely known in the literature field for her work in classics for over 40 years. Her most famous work, ‘Autobiography of Red’, published in 1998, reimagines ancient Greek myths and transforms them into her own