Windows and Stones - Selected Poems

An International Poetry Forum Selection, translated from the Swedish by May Swenson with Leif Sjoberg. Tomas Transtromer 2011 Nobel Laureate in Literature "Tomas Transtromer, who is today one of Sweden's most distinguished poets . . . can compare Lake Malar at dawn with a blue lamp, the islands creeping over the grass like nocturnal butterflies."--New York Times

About the author

Tomas Transtromer, one of Sweden's leading poets, is the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2011. He is the author of numerous poetry collections including, most recently, Sorgegondolen (The Sorrow Gondola) and Den stora gatan (The Great Enigma). He has received the Lifetime Recognition Award from the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry, the Aftonbladets Literary Prize, the Bonnier Award for Poetry, the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Oevralids Prize, the Petrarch Prize in Germany, the Swedish Award from International Poetry Forum, and the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages.

Summary

An International Poetry Forum Selection, translated from the Swedish by May Swenson with Leif Sjoeberg. Tomas Transtroemer 2011 Nobel Laureate in Literature"Tomas Transtroemer, who is today one of Sweden's most distinguished poets .

Product details

• Authors: May Swenson, Tomas Transtromer
• Assisted by: Leif Sjoberg (Translation), May Swenson (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.1972
• EAN: 9780822952282
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5228-2
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 212 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 147 g
• Series: Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry; Pitt Poetry Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies