Author | Tomas Tranströmer |
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Original title | Östersjöar |
Translator | Samuel Charters |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Publisher | Albert Bonniers förlag |
Publication date
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1974 |
Published in English
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1975 |
Pages | 36 |
ISBN |
Baltics (Swedish: Östersjöar) is a long poem by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer, published in its own volume in 1974. Its narrative is set on Runmarö in the , and is partially based on notes left by Tranströmer's grandfather who had been a maritime pilot on the island.
The book was published in 1974 through Albert Bonniers förlag. An English translation by Samuel Charters was published in 1975. In 1990, a few months before he suffered a stroke which damaged his ability to speak, Tranströmer made a Swedish audio recording of the poem which runs for 24 minutes.