Author | Tomas Tranströmer |
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Original title | 17 dikter |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Publisher | Albert Bonniers förlag |
Publication date | 1954 |
Pages | 54 |
17 Poems ( Swedish: 17 dikter) is a 1954 poetry collection by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It was Tranströmer's debut book: he had previously only been published in journals. [1] The book was well received in the Swedish press and praised for its formal confidence and imagination in metaphors. [2]
Several of the poems in 17 poems have been set to music. [3] [4]