Thought for the Day

Two truths approach each other. One comes from inside,

the other from outside, and where they meet we have 

a chance to catch sight of ourselves.

~ From "Preludes" by Tomas Transtromer

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Tomas Transtromer (b. 1931), Swedish Poet, Winner of 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature

Tomas Transtromer Website (Official Website)

Appreciations, Features, and Profiles: Books and Writers, A Burning Patience Blog, NPR,  OregonLive, PBS NewsHour Art Beat, Penniless Press, Poetry Foundation, Poetry International Web, Poets.org, Slate, The Guardian, The New Yorker's The Book Bench Blog, The New York Review of Books Blog, The New York Times, The Telegraph, The Washington Post, Time Magazine

Poems of Tomas Transtromer Online: Academy of American Poets (Poets.org), Agni, Blackbird*, BookForum, Electronic Poetry Review, Granta, New York Review of Books Blog, Open Letters Monthly, Poetry Daily, Poetry Foundation, Poetry International Web, Speakeasy at The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Tomas Transtromer, Words Without Borders

Criticism: Paul Batchelor, "New Collected Poems by Tomas Transtromer - Review", The Guardian; Bill Coyle, "Anchor in the Shadows", Contemporary Poetry Review; Dave Bonta, "Poet in the Forest: Tomas Transtromer", Via Negativa; Ken Worpole, "The Poetry of Tomas Transtromer", The Penniless Press; "20 Poems by Tomas Transtromer", The Owls

Tomas Transtromer on FaceBook
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* The translations at Blackbird, by Patty Crane, are of 18 poems from Transtromer's 1996 Sorgegondolen (Sorrow Gondola). They include some marvelous Haiku poems. The versions in Swedish are provided at the same page.