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Petter Lindgren Translated by Lars Ahlstroem
Paperback - November 2009 54 Pages ISBN: 978-1-9348511-4-2 USD $14.95 + Shipping
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About the Author, Petter Lindgren
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Petter Lindgren was born in 1965. He has published four collections of poetry, including Långtbortistan (1994), Porträtt av en död småbåtsägare (1997), En trögare slags bläck (2000), and Landskapet (2005). As a literary critic, he regularly writes for the Swedish daily newspaper Aftonbladet. For some years he has been editor of the Swedish poetry journal Lyrikvännen. Petter Lindgren's poems in English translation has appeared in the Ars Interpres, Verse, and 00TAL. In 2000 he won the prestigious De Nios Vinterpris. |
About the Translator, Lars Ahlstroem
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Lars Ahlström works as translator and literary critic in Stockholm and is specialized in Australian literature (Gerald Murnane, Gillian Mears, David Brooks, and John Kinsella). He have also written academic papers on Australian children's literature. Lars Ahlström translated Swedish poetry for the American literary journal Verse. |
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