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A poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games.

The Written World brings worldwide poetry to the airwaves with a poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games.

Poetry 2012: The Written World: Sweden: Torvald Colliander

23/05/2012

Sweden: Torvald Colliander

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Celebrating poetry worldwide with a poem from Sweden read by Torvald Colliander.

A poem to capture the spirit of every nation competing at the 2012 Games. An otter lives alongside Swedish children in Winter Piece by Harry Martinson, read by Torvald Colliander.

A watchful otter lives alongside Swedish children in this poem by Swedish Nobel Prize winner for Literature Harry Martinson. Winter Piece was translated by William Jay Smith and Leif Sjöberg and is read by Torvald Colliander, the Consulate General of Sweden in Edinburgh.

Poetry 2012 - The Written World : A poem to capture the spirit of each competing nation in the 2012 Games.

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