Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
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Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 5:11 pmRe: Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 1:19 pmCongratulations to him. I read a few of his poems. No doubt they're better in the original Swedish than in English translation.
Re: Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 2:39 amI'm sure. Poetry tends to be hard to translate without losing the music and subtlety of it.
I've heard that Matsuo BashÅ is incredible in Japanese.
furu ike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto
an ancient pond / a frog jumps in / the splash of water
iza saraba / yukimi ni korobu / tokoromade
now then, let's go out / to enjoy the snow... until / I slip and fall!
tabi ni yande / yume wa kareno wo / kake meguru
falling sick on a journey / my dream goes wandering / over a field of dried grass
I've heard that Matsuo BashÅ is incredible in Japanese.
furu ike ya / kawazu tobikomu / mizu no oto
an ancient pond / a frog jumps in / the splash of water
iza saraba / yukimi ni korobu / tokoromade
now then, let's go out / to enjoy the snow... until / I slip and fall!
tabi ni yande / yume wa kareno wo / kake meguru
falling sick on a journey / my dream goes wandering / over a field of dried grass
Re: Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:41 am.
quite bizarre
each culture has it's own strength
Poesy not the strength of Scandinavian culture
bizarre indeed
.
quite bizarre
each culture has it's own strength
Poesy not the strength of Scandinavian culture
bizarre indeed
.
Re: Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:57 pmActually, it is a strength. Scandinavia has .
Re: Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:49 pmI initially misread this and wondered why the Nobel prize in literature had been awarded to one of the script writers, Thomas
Re: Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:11 amYou've been waiting for decades to tell that joke, haven't you? 
Re: Swedish poet Thomas Transtromer wins Nobel Lit
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:30 am