Baltics (poem)

Baltics
First edition
AuthorTomas Tranströmer
Original titleÖstersjöar
TranslatorsRobin Fulton (UK), Samuel Charters (USA)
LanguageSwedish
PublisherAlbert Bonniers förlag
Publication date
1974
Publication placeSweden

Baltics (Swedish: Östersjöar) is a long poem by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer, published in its own volume in 1974. Its narrative is set in the Stockholm archipelago and starts from notes left by Tranströmer's grandfather, who had been a maritime pilot.[1]

  1. ^ TT Spektra (2011-12-06). "Runmarö ger sin egen Nobelmiddag". dt.se (in Swedish). Dalarnas Tidningar. Retrieved 2012-01-02.