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Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

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0 81 162 2 Oct 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 5 Oct 12:25 UTC · Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel Win 2026 Nobel Medicine Prize for Light-Gated Ion Channels and Optogenetics 5 Oct 18:08 UTC · Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel win 2026 medicine Nobel for optogenetics 6 Oct 06:27 UTC · Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel win 2026 medicine Nobel for optogenetics 6 Oct 12:07 UTC · Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino research 6 Oct 18:06 UTC · Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino research 7 Oct 00:05 UTC · Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino research 7 Oct 12:06 UTC · Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 7 Oct 18:06 UTC · Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 8 Oct 00:06 UTC · Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 8 Oct 12:07 UTC · Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature 8 Oct 18:07 UTC · Canadian author Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature 9 Oct 00:06 UTC · Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature 9 Oct 06:40 UTC · Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature 11 Oct 06:17 UTC · Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 7 HEADLINES

  1. 5 Oct, 12:25 UTC

    Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel Win 2026 Nobel Medicine Prize for Light-Gated Ion Channels and Optogenetics

  2. 5 Oct, 18:08 UTC

    Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel win 2026 medicine Nobel for optogenetics

  3. 6 Oct, 12:07 UTC

    Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube neutrino research

  4. 7 Oct, 12:06 UTC

    Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  5. 8 Oct, 12:07 UTC

    Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

  6. 8 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Canadian author Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

  7. 9 Oct, 00:06 UTC

    Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nobel Prize · 23 outlets
  • Kenso Soai · 12 outlets
  • Karl Deisseroth · 11 outlets
  • Peter Hegemann · 10 outlets
  • Georg Nagel · 10 outlets
  • Louis Pasteur · 3 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Anne Carson · from 8 Oct 11:07, 4 outlets
  • Marilyn Monroe · from 8 Oct 11:17, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • years old: 95 (2 from 7 Oct 09:51) → 76 (1 from 7 Oct 09:51)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.