- Tua Forsstrom
Tua Forsström was born 1947 in
Borgå and lives inTenala ,Finland , and is afinland-swedish poet . As well aspoetry , Forsström has worked inradio drama andtheatre revue . Her work is known for its engagement with the Finnish landscape, travel and conflicts within relationships. Forsström often uses quotations in her work, sometimes placing them directly into her poems and at other times using them as introductions or interludes in her sequences. She has used quotations fromEgon Friedell ,Ludwig Wittgenstein ,Hermann Hesse andFriedrich Nietszche . In the collection "After Spending a Night Among Horses (Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar)" (1997) Forsström uses quotations from theAndrei Tarkovsky film "Stalker", they are placed as interludes in a sequence of pieces and sit alone on the page, without direct reference to their source on the page, leaving this to a Notes & Quotations section at the end of the book.She published her first book in 1972, "A Poem about Love and Other Things" ("En dikt om kärlek och annat"). Her breakthrough into the English-speaking world came in 1987 with her sixth collection, "Snow Leopard" ("Snöleopard"), which was translated into the English by
David McDuff and published byBloodaxe Books . In 1990 the book won aPoetry Book Society Translation Award in the United Kingdom. In 2003, "I Studied Once at a Wonderful Faculty" was published byBloodaxe Books , with translations fromDavid McDuff andStina Katchadourian . The collection contains "Snow Leopard (Snöleopard)" (1987), "The Parks (Parkerna)" (1992), "After Spending a Night Among Horses (Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar)" (1997) and a new poem sequence called "Minerals".Bibliography
* "A Poem About Love and Other Things (En dikt om kärlek och annat)" (1972)
* "Where the Notes End(Där anteckningarna slutar)" (1974)
* "Actually We are Very Happy (Egentligen är vi mycket lyckliga)" (1976)
* "Yellow bird's-nest (Tallört)" (1979)
* "September (September)" (1983)
* "Snow Leopard (Snöleopard)" (1987)
* "The Mariana Trench (Marianergraven)" (1990)
* "The Parks (Parkerna)" (1992)
* "After Spending a Night Among Horses (Efter att ha tillbringat en natt bland hästar)" (1997)
* "I Studied Once at a Wonderful Faculty (Jag studerade en gång vid en underbar fakultet)" (2003)
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