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Society's dark hull drifts further and further away. It is this place - the place of our separation, our distinction - that much of his poetry occupies.


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Author Bio


  • NameTomas Transtromer
  • DescriptionSwedish poet, psychologist and translator
  • AliasesTomas Gösta Tranströmer
  • BornApril 15, 1931
  • DiedMarch 26, 2015
  • CountrySweden
  • ProfessionLinguist; Poet; Writer; Translator
  • WorksBaltics; For The Living And The Dead; The Sorrow Gondola
  • AwardsNobel Prize In Literature; Litteris Et Artibus; Neustadt International Prize For Literature