Join faculty in the Scandinavian Studies and English Departments from 7:00-9:00 p.m. this evening in the Interpretive Center as we celebrate the Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer’s receiving the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Faculty and students from Scandinavian Studies and Department of English faculty and poets Phil Bryant, John Rezmerski, and Joyce Sutphen will read and discuss a selection of Tranströmer’s poetry (in Swedish and English). The evening will end with Professors Bryant, Rezmerski, and Thorstensson speaking about Tranströmer’s visit to and reading at Gustavus in 1971 with his long-time friend and English-language translator, the Minnesota poet Robert Bly.
Refreshments will be served, and the event is open to the public.
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