For the Living and the Dead explained

For the Living and the Dead
Author:	Tomas Tranströmer
Translator:	Don Coles
Country:	Sweden
Language:	Swedish
Publisher:	Albert Bonniers förlag
Pub Date:	1989
English Pub Date:	1996
Pages:	35
Isbn:	91-0-047672-2

For the Living and the Dead (sv|'''För levande och döda''') is a 1989 collection of poetry by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It received the Nordic Council Literature Prize.^[1]

Its 1996 translation into English by Canadian author Don Coles won the John Glassco Translation Prize in 1997.

See also

• 1989 in literature
• Swedish literature

Notes and References

1. Web site: The winners — Nordic Council Literature Prize. norden.org. Nordic Council. 2011-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20121012180508/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council/the-nordic-council-prizes/nordisk-raads-litteraturpris/the-winners. 2012-10-12. dead.