A. Margaret Atwood and Paul Krugman
B. Anne Carson, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford
C. Haruki Murakami, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee
D. Salman Rushdie, Claudia Goldin and Ben Bernanke
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Canadian writer Anne Carson for her bold and inventive body of work, which brings classical traditions into dialogue with contemporary literary forms. Her writing is known for combining poetry, prose, translation and classical references in distinctive ways.
The 2026 Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded jointly to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for their work on the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. Their research contributes to the understanding of how economic fluctuations occur and how economic policy can help stabilise an economy.