Anne Carson
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Anne Carson (born Toronto, Ontario June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, and translator, as well as a professor of classics and comparative literature at McGill University and at the University of Michigan. Reticent about her private life, the biography published in current editions of her books reads, simply, "Anne Carson lives in Canada."
A professor of the classics, with background in classical languages, comparative literature, anthropology, history, and commercial art, Carson blends ideas and themes from many fields in her writing. She frequently references, modernizes, and translates Greek mythology. She has published ten books as of 2006, all of which blend the forms of poetry, essay, prose, criticism, translation, fiction, and non-fiction.
Selected works
- Eros the Bittersweet (1986) Princeton University Press
- Glass, Irony, and God (1992) New Directions Publishing Company
- Short Talks (1992) Knopf
- Plainwater (1995) Knopf
- Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse (1998) Knopf
- Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simonides of Ceos with Paul Celan (1999) Princeton University Press
- Men in the Off Hours (2001) Knopf
- The Beauty of the Husband (2002) Knopf
- If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (2002) Knopf
- Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera (2005) Knopf
Selected awards and honors
- Lannan Award (1996)
- Pushcart Prize (1997)
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1998)
- MacArthur Fellowship (2000)
- Griffin Poetry Prize (2001)
- T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize (2001)
External links
References
- Ian Rae, University of British Columbia. "[Carson, Anne.]" The Literary Encyclopedia. 27 December 2001. The Literary Dictionary Company. 8 December 2005.
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