Nobel Prize for Literature 2011, Tomas Tranströmer

Congratulations to the great Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. Video

See announcement about Tomas Tranströmer, Nobel Prize website.

The Guardian

One highly recommended poem is "Baltics".

"A new current of wind, sighing about other shores
It's about war.
It's about places where the citizens are under control
where their thoughts are made with emergency exits,
where a conversation between friends really becomes a test of what friendship means..."

translation by Robin Fulton.

See also Some Landscapes blog posting.

The Economist, Prospero