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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2026

"A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight" - Arts Desk

When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, Antigone refuses to leave his body unburied. Defying her uncle's governance she forges ahead with the funeral alone, placing personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction.

T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson, offers a vivid translation of Sophokles' tragic masterpiece that was first staged in a ground-breaking production at the Barbican in 2015, directed by Ivo van Hove.

A raw and beautiful adaption, Sophokles. Antigone is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Laura Jansen.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Laura Jansen
A Note from The Translator
Sophokles Antigone

Product details

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Published 20 Aug 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Pages 72
ISBN 9781350600379
Imprint Methuen Drama
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Series Modern Classics
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Sophocles

Sophocles (496-406 BC) was one of the three great…

Adaptor

Anne Carson

Anne Carson is a Canadian poet, essayist, translat…

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