Nobel Prize in Literature 2026

Canadian writer Anne Carson won the Nobel for bold, inventive work that plays with the Greek classics and builds new forms. Poet, essayist, translator and classics professor, she mixes genres like no one else.

Winners

Nobel Prize in Literature

Autobiography of Red

By: Anne Carson

Pick: Autobiography of Red, a novel in verse. Carson takes the Greek myth of Geryon, the winged red monster, and turns him into a present-day teenager.

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Other 2026 awards

Oscars 2026Best PictureOne Battle After AnotherGolden Globes 2026Best Motion Picture – DramaHamnetCannes 2026Palme d'OrFjordVenice 2026Golden LionWoman UnknownBerlinale 2026Golden BearYellow LettersPulitzer 2026FictionAngel DownBooker 2026Announced November 9, 20262025 winner: FleshInternational Booker 2026International Booker PrizeTaiwan Travelogue★Hugo 2026Best NovelThe Everlasting★Jabuti 2026Announced October 27, 20262025 winner: O ouvidor do Brasil: 99 vezes Tom JobimGoodreads Choice 2026Not announced yet2025 winner: My Friends

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