For the Living and the Dead

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

For the Living and the Dead

First edition
Author	Tomas Tranströmer
Original title	För levande och döda
Translator	Don Coles
Language	Swedish
Publisher	Albert Bonniers förlag
Publication date	1989
Publication place	Sweden
Published in English	1996
Pages	35
ISBN	91-0-047672-2

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