Tomas Tranströmer receiving his Nobel Medal and Diploma from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, 10 December 2011.

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Tomas Tranströmer after receiving the Nobel Medal and Diploma at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, 10 December 2011.

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Tomas Tranströmer takes a look at his Nobel diploma at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, 10 December 2011.

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Tomas Tranströmer and his wife Monica at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011. To the left: Lena Liljeroth Adelsohn, Swedish Minister for Culture and Sports.

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Monica Tranströmer's speech on behalf of Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer.

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Eleven of the thirteen 2011 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, 12 December 2011. Back row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureates in Physics Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dan Shechtman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler. Front row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laureate in Economic Sciences Christopher A. Sims, Nobel Laureate in Literature Tomas Tranströmer and Laureate in Economic Sciences Thomas J. Sargent.

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Uppsala Chamber Soloists playing during the program for Nobel Laureate Tomas Tranströmer at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2011.

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Tomas Tranströmer receives applause after the program at the Swedish Academy, 7 December 2011.

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