Summary
She blends poems with stories, using ideas from ancient Greek and Roman myths.
The award, called the Nobel Prize in literature, celebrates her creative writing.
She also translates old Greek poems into modern English.
Key Points
6 points1
Anne Carson is a Canadian poet and essayist.
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She received the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Her work draws on ancient Greek and Roman literature.
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She writes poems, essays, and fiction together.
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She translates classical Greek works into English.
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The prize includes about twelve million Swedish kronor (around one million U.S. dollars).
New Words to Learn
10 wordspoet
a person who writes poems
essayist
a person who writes short non‑fiction pieces called essays
myth
a traditional story about gods or heroes
translate
to change words from one language into another
Nobel Prize
a very important international award for great achievements
literature
written works like stories, poems, and books
ancient
very old, from a long time ago
Greek
relating to the country Greece and its old stories
Roman
relating to the ancient city of Rome and its stories
philology
the study of old languages and writings
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