Tomas Tranströmer
Nobel Lecture
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2011
Tomas Tranströmer
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.
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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Introduction by Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy.
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Gustaf Sjökvist Chamber Choir performs.
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Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer (left) with his wife Monica and Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy (right).
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Tomas Tranströmer's poetry was read aloud in different languages, among them, Spanish, read by Antolina Gutiérrez del Castro.
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Roland Pöntinen playing music by Franz Liszt.
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Uppsala Chamber Soloists playing during the program for Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer at the Swedish Academy.
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Tomas Tranströmer receives applause after the program at the Swedish Academy.
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