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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011
Tomas Tranströmer

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The Permanent Secretary

Press Release
6 October 2011

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Tomas Tranströmer

 

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2011 is awarded to the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer

because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality”.

 

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