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About Janet

Janet Somerville Janet Somerville taught literature for twenty years in Toronto. She spent the past three years wholly immersed in Martha Gellhorn’s life and words. more

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HOW MIDSUMMER NIGHT (April '24) #Gellhorn book YOURS, FOR PROBABLY ALWAYS read by @EllenBarkin. Rep @philipsturner. Reviewer @torontostar book pages. She/her

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ellenbarkin Ellen Barkin @ellenbarkin ·
October 8, 2026

Yes yes yes Rosie

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yuanyi_z Yuan Yi Zhu @yuanyi_z ·
October 8, 2026

Princeton denied her tenure.

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joycecaroloates Joyce Carol Oates @joycecaroloates ·
October 8, 2026

everything that Anne Carson has written is risky & original in some (unpredictable) way. truly an unclassifiable imagination-- poet, translator, essayist, philosopher, observer of the vicissitudes of life; we'd met just once decades ago at Princeton where Anne Carson was an

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nobelprize The Nobel Prize @nobelprize ·
October 8, 2026

"Your mind wants to move, and the best thing a work of art can do is take your mind with it, moving somewhere you never expected to move."

- 2026 literature laureate Anne Carson on the power of art.

Explore our newest laureate's literary collection: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2026/bio-bibliography/

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October 8, 2026

#Poet Anne Carson (b. #Toronto 1950 ) is this year's @NobelPrize Literature laureate.

Oh, Canada. 🇨🇦

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nobelprize The Nobel Prize @nobelprize ·
October 8, 2026

Just in!

New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland. Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with her coming soon.

Join us in congratulating our 2026 literature laureate - send your greetings in the comments.

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luckytran Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran ·
October 7, 2026

This picture will always be iconic. RIP Margaret Hamilton who wrote the software that successfully guided NASA’s Apollo missions through the moon.

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