As a year-long festival celebrating the region’s writers gets under way in London, Icelandic novelist Sjón selects essential reading from the far north
March 2015
Swedish Nobel laureate Tomas Tranströmer dies aged 83
Poet and psychologist who ‘transformed the everyday into astonishment’
June 2014
Russia 'using words to destroy meaning', say writers
Group of authors including two Nobel laureates condemns Russian Federation's 'waves of propaganda' against free expression
July 2013
Airmail: The Letters of Robert Bly and Tomas Tranströmer – review
The letters that passed between two great poets over 25 years are essential reading for anyone interested in making poetry, writes Fiona Sampson
January 2012
Carol Rumens's poem of the week
Poem of the week: Six Winters by Tomas Tranströmer
This brief sequence of poems is a vivid illustration of the Nobel prizewinner's singular gifts
Guardian Books podcast: Why Tomas Tranströmer won the Nobel prize
Tomas Tranströmer: Alone
Tomas Tranströmer: From March 1979
Tomas Tranströmer: Tracks
Nobel prize for literature goes to Tomas Tranströmer
Books blog
Nobel prize for literature - as it happened
June 2011
New Collected Poems by Tomas Tranströmer – review
A Swedish master of mysticism leaves Paul Batchelor spellbound
September 2010
Poet tipped in Nobel prize for literature
Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer declared favourite by bookmakers, with nearest rivals also poets
October 2006
Meeting of minds
Sometimes called a 'buzzard poet', Tomas Tranströmer sees the world with almost mystical precision. Robin Robertson, who is translating his work from the Swedish, explores its sharp contrasts and duality.
