''17 Poems'' ( sv, 17 dikter) is a 1954 poetry collection by the Swedish writer
Tomas Tranströmer
Tomas Gösta Tranströmer (; 15 April 1931 – 26 March 2015) was a Swedish poet, psychologist and translator. His poems captured the long Swedish winters, the rhythm of the seasons and the palpable, atmospheric beauty of nature. Tranströmer's ...
. It was Tranströmer's debut book: he had previously only been published in journals. The book was well received in the Swedish press and praised for its formal confidence and imagination in metaphors.
Several of the poems in 17 poems have been set to music.
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1954 in poetry
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Swedish literature
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References
1954 poetry books
Poetry by Tomas Tranströmer
Swedish poetry collections
Albert Bonniers Förlag books
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