Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer wins 2011 Noble Prize for Literature
Posted on: 06/Oct/2011 6:39:33 AM
Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel literature prize.
The academy said it awarded the 80-year-old poet "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
A trained psychologist, Transtromer wins the £942,000 prize - the richest in the world of books.
"His works are characterised by economy, correctness and poignant metaphors," the Academy added.
The prize was the fourth of this year`s Nobel prizes, following awards for medicine on Monday, physics on Tuesday and chemistry on Wednesday.
Born on April 15, 1931 in Stockholm, Tomas Gösta Tranströmer was raised alone by his mother after his father left them. He graduated in psychology in 1956 and started working in an institution for juvenile offenders in 1960.
