Anne Carson Wins Nobel Prize in Literature, a Critic's Guide to Her Essential Books
This month, the Nobel Prize in Literature was granted to Anne Carson by the Swedish Academy, acknowledging her contributions in essays, poetry, and translations of classical works by Sappho, Euripides, and Sophocles. Among her notable works is "Glass, Irony & God," which features "The Glass Essay," a contemplation on the conclusion of a romantic relationship. Her 2001 work, "The Beauty of the Husband," which won the T. S. Eliot Prize, intertwines tango with ancient mythology. "Autobiography of Red" reimagines the tale of Geryon and Herakles as a same-sex love story. Additionally, she has a book that includes translations of Mimnermos and the essay "The Anthropology of Water." The Academy remains committed to recognizing poet-translators. Upcoming releases include Tessa Hadley's collection in February and Colm Tóibín's "The Bridge" in December.
Key facts
- Anne Carson received the Nobel Prize in Literature this month from the Swedish Academy
- Carson's "The Beauty of the Husband" won the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2001, making her its first woman winner
- "Autobiography of Red" reworks Stesichoros's "Geryoneis" as a romance between Geryon and Herakles
- "The Anthropology of Water" follows a woman from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Finisterre on the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage road
- Carson translated Sappho, Euripides, and Sophocles
- Past poet-translator laureates cited include Rabindranath Tagore, Pablo Neruda, Czesław Miłosz, Seamus Heaney, and Jon Fosse
- Chad Harbach's "The Brightness" is published October 27th, his first novel in fifteen years
- An English translation of Annie Ernaux's "Writing, the Other Life" is out October 27th
Entities
Artists
- Anne Carson
- Sappho
- Euripides
- Sophocles
- Emily Brontë
- John Keats
- Stesichoros
- Herakles
- Geryon
- Mimnermos
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Pablo Neruda
- Czesław Miłosz
- Seamus Heaney
- Jon Fosse
- Tessa Hadley
- Colm Tóibín
- Deborah Treisman
- James Joyce
- Henry James
- W. B. Yeats
- Veronica Gonzalez Peña
- Chad Harbach
- Annie Ernaux
- Jane Schoenbrun
- Josh Brolin
Institutions
- Swedish Academy
- The New Yorker
- The New Yorker Festival
- T. Rowe Price Theatre
- T. S. Eliot Prize
Locations
- Santiago de Compostela
- Spain
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- France
- Finisterre
- Greece