For the first time in more than a decade, a Canadian has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Toronto-born poet, classical scholar, translator and essayist Anne Carson has been named the 2026 winner for what the Swedish Academy called her 'bold and inventive' body of work. Heidi Petracek explains how Carson defies genre, and how the reclusive writer has responded to the honour. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/12092466/canadian-poet-anne-carson-nobel-prize-literature/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews