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Tomas Tranströmer

Nobel-prize-winning poet Tomas Tranströmer was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 15, 1931 to Helmy, née Westerberg, and Gösta Tranströmer. His mother Helmy was a schoolteacher and his father was a journalist; they

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Featured Poem

April and Silence

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April 15

Tomas Transtromer born, 1931

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What poet's epitaph reads, "Cast a cold eye / On life, on death. / Horseman, pass by"?

Answer

William Butler Yeats. The lines are the same that end his poem "Under Ben Bulben."

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