UA Poetry Center
In his first appearance at the Poetry Center, Tomas Tranströmer reads widely from his work as translated by May Swenson, Robert Bly, and Samuel Charters. Given primarily in English, the reading opens with a bilingual performance of "Spår" <"Tracks"> in Swedish and English.
Performed in Swedish and English.
Tranströmer, Tomas. Windows & Stones: Selected Poems. Trans. May Swenson with Leif Sjöberg. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.
Differs from collected version.
Tranströmer, Tomas. The Half-Finished Heaven. Ed. and trans. Robert Bly. Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2001.
Tranströmer, Tomas. The Half-Finished Heaven. Ed. and trans. Robert Bly. Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2001.
Tranströmer, Tomas. Windows & Stones: Selected Poems. Trans. May Swenson with Leif Sjöberg. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.
Tranströmer, Tomas. 20 Poems. Trans. Robert Bly. Madison, MN: Seventies Press, 1970.
Tranströmer, Tomas. Baltics. Trans. Samuel Charters. Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1975.
Some questions are inaudible.
Includes brief comments from the audience and the performance of "Längs radien" ["Along the Lines"] in Swedish.
Differs from collected version, which bears the title "Along the Lines (Far North)."
Tranströmer, Tomas. The Half-Finished Heaven. Ed. and trans. Robert Bly. Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 2001.
Tranströmer, Tomas. Night Vision. Trans. Robert Bly. Northwood Narrows, NH: Lillabulero Press, 1971.