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The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Tomas Tranströmer

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

Nobel Prize Award Ceremony

Tomas Tranströmer

Tomas Tranströmer

Nobel Lecture

The 2011 Nobel Lecture in Literature consisted of a program featuring texts by Tomas Tranströmer in the presence of the Laureate, on Wednesday 7 December 2011 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. Participants: Actor Kristina Adolphson, actor Krister Henriksson, pianist Roland Pöntinen, conductor Gustaf Sjöqvist's Chamber Choir and Uppsala Chamber Soloist and others.

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Read the Introduction by Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy
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Read the Programme of Texts
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Photos from the Nobel Lecture at the Swedish Academy

  • Introduction by Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.
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    Photo: Helena Paulin-Strömberg
    Introduction by Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.
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    Photo: Helena Paulin-Strömberg
    Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir performs.
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    Photo: Helena Paulin-Strömberg
    Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer (left) with his wife Monica and Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy (right).
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    Photo: Helena Paulin-Strömberg
    Tomas Tranströmer's poetry was read aloud in different languages, among them, Spanish, read by Antolina Gutiérrez del Castro.
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    Photo: Helena Paulin-Strömberg
    Roland Pöntinen playing music by Franz Liszt.
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    Photo: Helena Paulin-Strömberg
    Uppsala Chamber Soloists playing during the program for Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer at the Swedish Academy.
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    Photo: Helena Paulin-Strömberg
    Tomas Tranströmer receives applause after the program at the Swedish Academy.

 

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