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Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

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The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded Thursday to Canadian poet and librettist Anne Carson for her "bold and inventive oeuvre."

Carson, 76, has previously won several prestigious literary prizes

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A bespectacled woman with grey hair to her shoulders and wearing a blazer and tie is shown with a medal around her neck and a backdrop that says National Book Awards.
Anne Carson is shown at the 75th National Book Awards in New York City on Nov. 20, 2024. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded Thursday to Canadian poet and librettist Anne Carson by the Swedish Academy in Stockholm for her "bold and inventive oeuvre."

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