Tomas Gösta Tranströmer was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's work is also characterized by a sense of mystery and wonder underlying the routine of everyday life, a quality which often gives his poems a religious dimension. He has been described as a Christian poet.
Tranströmer in 2012
Tranströmer (right) with Iraqi-Swedish artist Modhir Ahmed, 2007
Tranströmer and Barbro Lindgren at the 2014 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
The Neustadt International Prize for Literature is a biennial award for literature sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and its international literary publication, World Literature Today.
The Neustadt Prize Feather
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