Tomas Gösta Tranströmer was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long winters in Sweden, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Transt
Tranströmer in 2012
Photographic portrait of Tranströmer by Frankie Fouganthin, 2014
Tranströmer (right) signs Vecka nr. II, a book by Iraqi-Swedish artist Modhir Ahmed (left). The book is a reflection of his poem "Galleriet", which was first published in the 1978 collection Sanningsbarriären.
The Nobel Prize in Literature, here meaning for Literature, is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, "in the field of
Tomas Tranströmer
…2011: Title of Professor (Swedish: Professors namn), granted by the Cabinet of Sweden (Sweden) 2011: Nobel Prize in Literature (Sweden) "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality" He won the International Poetry Forum's Swedish…
In 1901, French poet and essayist Sully Prudhomme (1839–1907) was the first person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection, and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect."
Hemingway's telegram in 1954 (The academy has alternately used for Literature and in Literature over the years, the latter becoming the norm today.)
Spanish philologist Ramón Menéndez Pidal was never awarded despite the numerous nominations.
The Nobel diploma awarded to Hermann Hesse in 1946