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Tomas Transtromer Interview, plus links to author biography, book summaries, excerpts and reviews

Tomas Transtromer

Tomas Transtromer

How to pronounce Tomas Transtromer: TRAWN-stroh-mur

An interview with Tomas Transtromer

Tomas Tranströmer (assisted by his wife Monica) sits for an interview after being announced as the 2011 Nobel Prize-winner in Literature.

In the video below, Tomas Tranströmer (assisted by his wife Monica) sits for an interview after being announced as the 2011 Nobel Prize-winner in Literature.

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    If you enjoyed:
    The Half-Finished Heaven

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