Nobel Prize in Literature 2011

[unnormahl]

A few days ago, the Nobel Committee presented Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer with the Nobel Prize in Literature. I have to admit I'd never even heard about him before although several of his books have been translated. Have any of you read something written by him?

Here's a link to the Wikipedia page dedicated to him for those of you who didn't know him either: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomas_Transtr%C3%B6mer

[pia]

I hadn't heard of him either. What really surprised me and got me curious is that he has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year since 1993! It must be something, if he has been nominated for 19 years in a row.