FARAWAYSTAN

Farawaystan

Petter Lindgren
Translated by Lars Ahlstroem

Paperback - November 2009
54 Pages
ISBN: 978-1-9348511-4-2
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About the Author, Petter Lindgren

Petter Lingren 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

Lars AhlstroemLars 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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