‘Bold and inventive’ Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in Literature

Anders Olsson, chairman of the Swedish Academy's Nobel committee for Literature, praised the way Carson has "broken away from lyrical poetry bound to the narrative self and inspired new forms of contemporary literature".

The Nobel Prize committee said they had selected her "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature".

Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has been awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.