"because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
Date
6 October 2011 (2011-10-06) (announcement)
10 December 2011 (ceremony)
Location
Stockholm, Sweden
Presented by
Swedish Academy
First awarded
1901
Website
Official website
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The 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015) "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."[1] He is the seventh Swedish author to become a recipient of the prize after Harry Martinson and Eyvind Johnson who were jointly awarded in 1974.[2][3]
^The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011 nobelprize.org
^Tomas Tranströmer britannica.com
^Tomas Tranströmer poets.org
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