Tomas Transtromer wins Nobel literature prize

[October 06, 2011]  STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The Swedish Academy says Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature.

The academy said it awarded the 80-year-old poet "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."

[Associated Press]

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