Nobel Prize for Literature 2011 won by Tomas Tranströmer

Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer has won the 2011 Nobel literature prize.

The academy said it awarded the 80-year-old poet "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
Transtromer wins the £942,000 prize - the richest in the world of books.
After publishing 10 volumes of poetry, Tranströmer suffered a stroke in 1990 which affected his ability to talk.

After a break of six years, he came back with Grief Gondola, a book that sold 30,000 copies in his native Sweden, a stunning figure by poetry standards.

Following this success, Tranströmer published nothing for eight years, except for his correspondence with Bly, before returning in 2004 with a collection of 45 haikus, Japanese-style poems invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons.