10/09/2026
𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐗 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄́𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐄 | 🏅 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 est une figure littéraire canadienne de renommée internationale. Une poétesse, essayiste et traductrice. Elle écrit en anglais dans sa langue maternelle. Elle a remporté hier le prestigieux 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐱 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐥 de littérature pour l'ensemble de son œuvre. Surveillez dans notre catalogue, nous ferons l'acquisition de certains de ses livres pour enrichir notre collection.
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‘Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse’ (1998) is often heralded as newly awarded laureate Anne Carson’s greatest work. It demonstrates her eminent ability to actualise the classical literary tradition.
With a precise feel for contemporary idioms and experiences, she takes as her starting point poem fragments by the sixth century BC Greek poet Stesichoros concerning the winged red monster Geryon. While the myth describes how Heracles, in fulfilling one of his labours, kills Geryon and steals his cattle, Carson recasts the terrifying giant as a tender ‘hero’ devoted to his mother, in what becomes a modern Bildungsroman. The young Geryon, having earlier been subjected to sexual assaults at the hands of his brother, falls in love with the smug and boorish Heracles. What happens when you love someone who will ultimately destroy you? It is an age-old question in this spectacular form of epic poetry with its great lyrical qualities.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
Discover more about the literary world of this year’s laureate: https://bit.ly/4hnkhNO
