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I never understood the outrage over Tranströmer. He seems like a great poet, a much greater poet than Glück. Americans seem always angry when they don't win, and even angrier when a poet they have never heard of wins. How is obscurity a negative? In all honesty I would much rather an obscure Tranströmer than a famous Glück.
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I didn't take Parks's article as being a protest about the choice of Transtromer. His topic is the Nobel Prize in general. Also, by the way, the American poets I know were thrilled with the choice of Transtromer, so I'm not sure where you're getting that. I have never met anyone who is angry that a poet they never heard of won the prize. I'm quite sure I have never lost sleep over any of the choices.