Tomas Transtromer was born on April 15, 1931 in Sweden. Swedish poet and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient whose well-known poetic works include The Sorrow Gondola, For the Living and the Dead, and Baltics. His friend and fellow poet, Robert Bly, translated many of his poetic works into English.
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About
Swedish poet and Nobel Prize in Literature recipient whose well-known poetic works include The Sorrow Gondola, For the Living and the Dead, and Baltics. His friend and fellow poet, Robert Bly, translated many of his poetic works into English.
Before Fame
He published his debut poetry collection, Seventeen Poems, in 1954.
Trivia
After graduating from Stockholm University, he worked as a Psychologist for Juvenile Criminals.
Family Life
He was raised in Stockholm, Sweden by a schoolteacher mother. He married Monika Bladh.
Associated With
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature two years after Herta Muller earned the same honor.
