The works of Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist Anne Carson can feel slightly daunting. The Canadian poet won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The works of Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist Anne Carson can feel slightly daunting. Here are some keys to understanding her universe.S1

• The Canadian poet won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. If you’ve never read any of her work, here’s where to start.S2

• Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday for playful, genre-blending works that fuse the classical and the modern.S3

• Ingrid Carlberg, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, said the author was in Iceland “listening to the wind” when the academy reached her to notify her of the win.S4