The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems

Nobel Prize Laureate and beloved Swedish poetTomas Transtromer (1931-2015) was born in Stockholm and worked as a psychologist. He wrote ten collections of poems that the Nobel Prize Committee praised for their condensed, translucent images that give us fresh access to reality." The best-known Scandinavian poet of the postwar period, and the most widely translated, his other books available in English include Selected Poems 1954-1986 ; The Half-Finished Heaven ; For the Living and the Dead ; Night Vision ; and Windows and Stars. For many years after being seriously debilitated by a stroke, Transtromer continued write. He was also an avid pianist and released a recording of classical piano pieces performed with his left hand. Transtromer received numerous public recognitions for his poetry including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, the Bonnier Award for Poetry, Germany's Petrarch Prize, the Bellman Prize, the Swedish Academy's Nordic Prize, the August Prize, and a Lifetime Recognition Award in 2007 from The Griffin Trust. In 2011 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Robin Fulton, a Scottish poet and longtime resident of Norway, has been translating Transtromer for over thirty-five years." Robin Fulton, a Scottish poet and longtime resident of Norway, has been translating Tranströmer for over thirty-five years.