What is Anne Carson?
{{Infobox writer | image = | imagesize = 150px | name = Anne Carson | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Canada|CM]] | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|6|21|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada | nationality = Canadian | death_date = | death_place = | education = {{ubl|[[University of Toronto]]<br />{{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}}}} | spouse = Robert Currie | occupation = {{hlist|Poet|essayist|translator|classicist|professor}} | period = 1979–present | genre = {{hlist|Poetry|essay|translation}} | subject = | movement = | notableworks = {{ubl|''[[Eros the Bittersweet]]''|''[[Autobiography of Red]]''|''[[Men in the Off Hours]]''|''[[The Beauty of the Husband]]''|''[[Red Doc]]''}} | awards = {{ubl|[[Lannan Literary Award]]|[[Guggenheim Fellowship]]|[[MacArthur Fellowship]]|[[Griffin Poetry Prize]] {{small|(twice)}}|[[T. S. Eliot Prize]]|Member of the [[Order of Canada]]|[[Princess of Asturias Awards|Princess of Asturias Award]]}} | influences = | influenced = | signature = | website = }} '''Anne Carson''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|size=85%|CM}} (born June 21, 1950) is a [[Canadians|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 University|McGill]], [[University of Michigan|Michigan]], [[New York University|NYU]], and [[Princeton University|Princeton]]. Carson published 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)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carson |first1=Anne |author-mask= |title=Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay |date=1986 |publisher=Princeton University