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Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer wins the Nobel prize for literature

6 oktober 2011
The Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer, who was a guest poet at the Poetry International Festival in Rotterdam in 1975, 1995 and 2002, has been awarded the Nobel prize for literature.

He was praised by the judges for “his condensed translucent images” which give us “fresh access to reality”.

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Bron: guardian.co.uk, 6 October 2011
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