Anne Carson facts for kids

Anne Carson
Quick facts for kids Anne Carson ; CM
Born	June 21, 1950 (age 70); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Poet; essayist; translator; classicist; professor;
Nationality	Canadian
Education	University of Toronto; (BA, MA, PhD);
Period	1979–present
Genre	Poetry; essay; translation;
Notable works	Eros the Bittersweet; Autobiography of Red; Men in the Off Hours; The Beauty of the Husband; Red Doc;
Notable awards	Lannan Literary Award; Guggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellowship; Griffin Poetry Prize (twice); T. S. Eliot Prize; Member of the Order of Canada; Princess of Asturias Award;
Spouse	Robert Currie

Anne Carson CM (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. She was born in Toronto.

Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across the United States and Canada since 1979, including McGill, Michigan, NYU, and Princeton.

Publishing more than twenty books of writings and translations. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2005 for her works to Canadian letters.

Works

Eros the Bittersweet (1986)
Short Talks (1992)
Glass, Irony, and God (1995) – includes "The Glass Essay"
Plainwater (1995)
Autobiography of Red (1998)
Economy of the Unlost (1999)
Men in the Off Hours (2000)
The Beauty of the Husband (2001)
Decreation (2005)
Nox (2010) – incorporates translation of Catullus 101
Antigonick (2012) – version of Antigone by Sophocles
Red Doc> (2013) – follow-up to Autobiography of Red
Nay Rather (2013)
The Albertine Workout (2014)
Float (2016)
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy (2019) – version of Helen by Euripides