‘A celebration of the hybrid form’: Anne Carson wins Nobel literature prize

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: © France 24 02:04 Issued on: 08/10/2026 - 17:30 Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern. Artist, podcast host and writer Mia Funk joined France 24 to discuss Carson’s work. Student protesters 'showing no signs of backing down' 08/10/2026 Microsoft brings more AI to PCs as it challenges Apple 08/10/2026 30 dead in strike on Ukraine bus as Russian attacks intensify 08/10/2026 'They killed her': Evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies 08/10/2026 High school student protests continue in France 08/10/2026 France student protests: What measures is the government taking? 08/10/2026 Conflict in Yemen: What are the Houthis’ aims? 08/10/2026 French teens keep up school blockades despite prime minister's pledge to act 08/10/2026 Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, di...