The Swedish poet, winner of Nobel Prize for Literature 2011, Tomas Tranströmer , died Thursday at age 83.
The news was reported by the Swedish Academy , which will deliver the highest award of the letters in the world in recognition of his prolific poetic production.
Tranströmer was born in Stockholm on April 15, 1931. He suffered the separation of his parents when he was just three years and has since lived with his mother in the Swedish capital. One of the first scenes that were influenced by his poetic creation was Runmarö island, visiting every summer with her mother and where he discovered his passion for geography, science and entomology.
In adolescence, Tomas developed deep interest in Music and poetry, two disciplines linked if lyrical rhythm is spoken. His first poems were published in scholarly journals in the early 1940s.
He studied history of literature, history of religion and psychology at now in the now called University of Stockholm .
Start overturned a psychological practice very young and never left; First he worked in a youth prison and then from 1965 until 1990, he suffered a stroke, he was part of the staff of Labor Market Institute, in the city of Västerås.
During the 50s, during his youth he ventured into a series of journeys through countries such as Iceland, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Egypt. But these journeys were only the beginning of a journey around the world, which clearly influenced his poetic creation.
It was in this decade that he married Monica Tranströmer, with whom he had two daughters, Emma and Paula, who came into the world between 1961 and 1964, respectively.
Since the publication of his first book, “ 17 poems “, in 1954, the Swede was already listed as one of the leading lyric artists of his generation. The young poet and projected from his early compositions a passion for nature and a poetic rigor that he gave his creation a musicality and diction that seemed so neat flow.
Later he published “Secrets in the way” (1958), “ The sky is half done ” (1962) and “clangs and footprints” (1966). In these collections, Tranströmer explored the complexity of human beings and their relationship with the natural environment, the cosmos and death; but also began to question, from what 60, perhaps influenced by social movements around the world, involved his lyrical in these cases.
His profession as a psychologist had temporary interference his poems. The fascination of a psychoanalyst with the metaphorical reality of dreams was captured in the creation of Nobel Prize for Literature .
In the 70s he published the book “Night Vision” (1970), “Paths” (1973), “Baltic” (1974) and “The barrier of truth” (1978).
Over the age, death became more present in his work, at first, not as a threat but as a complementary element of life itself. This is reflected in creations like “For the living and the dead” (1989) and “Funeral Gondola” (1996).
The impetus to translate the Swedish and project the lyrical perfection that the poet could achieve with their native language began in the 60s, going on to achieve increased since the date the translation into some 60 languages.
In 1990, Tomas suffered a stroke that paralyzed his right side, which led to the almost total loss of speech and in a more leisurely production. Since then he has dedicated itself to lyrical figures like haiku.
Since the incident have been published books such as the aforementioned “ Funeral Gondola “, “Haikus and Other Poems” (2001), “The great enigma” (2004) and “Thaw at noon” (2011) .
The Swedish Academy awarded the highest award of the letters in 2011, arguing that “through his condensed, translucent images, brought a new access to reality”.
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