The 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to Swedish poet, Tomas Tranströmer.
He is the first Swede to win the award since 1974 when the Prize caused controversy when it was given to two members of the Nobel Academy. Tranströmer is a perennial frontrunner for the award and had been nominated every single year since 1993. The Nobel Committee stated that Tranströmer's work received the prize “because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality”.
Copies of his work in English are available for loan via Inter-Library Loan.
Wikipedia entry for Tomas Transtromer
Official Tomas Transtromer website
Nobel prize for Literature 2011 webpage
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