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Aniara

by Harry Martinson

Space epic in verse narrating a generation ship's doomed eternal voyage

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Harry Martinson

Harry Martinson

Swedish poet and novelist who shared the Nobel Prize in 1974. Aniara, his visionary epic about a spaceship lost in the cosmos, is his masterpiece.

More by Harry Martinson

NomadPoems evoking wandering, displacement, and encounters with foreign lands
Trade WindCollection depicting maritime voyages, tropical landscapes, and colonial encounters
VersesPoetry collection spanning Martinson's varied interests and poetic periods
The Real TerrestrialPoems celebrating earthly existence and human rootedness in place