From: "Mark G. Ryan" <mgryan@cruzio.com>
Reply-To: tv@obbard.com
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: Re: (TV) Tomas Transtrvmer (was: Raven sucks)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:44:47 -0800 (PST)
"leif joley" <leifjoley@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> As for Transtroemer, I don't know how much of his works that has been
> translated to English; [snip]
35 listed on Amazon.com, under "Tomas Transtromer" (note spelling).
(The existence of English translations makes it easier to believe
that a guy from Delaware named Miller might be influenced by him.)
> It's a surprise that Verlaine's
> idolizing of him isn't known in these circles - it could be that TV has
> brought up this subject only when speaking to journalists from my
country.
> Because in almost every Swedish-made interview I've read, and there's
been a
> few over the years, he has talked about Transtroemer as a major
influence.
Do you happen to have any of these interviews? Would you care to
translate a few passages?
This is very interesting--thanks.
Mark
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