Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer, whose simple but mystical imagery addresses themes of nature, history and death, won the 2011 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday.
Scandinavia's best-known living poet, Tomas Transtroemer, seen here in March 2011, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The 80-year-old poet's work explores the relationship between our intimate inner selves and the world around us.
His poetry is filled with imagination and emotion, but is also riddled with the unexpected, making his work at times both disorienting and refreshing.
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