Poetry. Translated from the Swedish by Lars Ahlstroem. Lindgren's poems contains a naturalism locked in time, images that linger on like memories, memories which are precise at times and then betray, leaving the edges blurred. This social realism is combined with an intellectual playfulness; this is a poet who knows the classics and plays with them in a sophisticated fashion.

Author City: Stockholm SWE

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.