Views from a Tuft of Grass
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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize for Literature (with fellow Swedish writer Eyvind Johnson), Harry Martinson (1904-1978) was noted for his innovative use of language combined with his keen observations of nature. He wrote various books of poetry, including Nomad (1931), Natur (1934), Passad (1945), Cikada (1953), Gräsen I Thule (1958), Vagnen (1960), and Tuvor (1973). Martinson also wrote fiction, travel booksthe most famous of which is the renowned Kap Farväl (Cape Farewell)and volumes of nature essays, three of which were written in the 1930s, long before such interest in environmental issues became more commonplace.