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Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator and classics scholar. Her books include Eros the Bittersweet, Autobiography of Red and The Beauty of the Husband, and her translations include works by Sappho and Euripides. She received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Malfoid writers versus a Nobel laureate: Isaac Young and David Bone back the comparison, while Laurence Thompson mocks it. What does judging one poem say about Anne Carson's wider work?