In Sweden, Någonting svart was chosen by the poetry critics as the best collection of 2008. The first person to be amazed at this was the author himself, Jacques Roubaud (1932). For we are dealing here with a Swedish translation of Quelque chose noire (Something Black), the original of which appeared in 1986, when it was awarded the Prix France-Culture in France. More than two decades later, the collection continues to fascinate readers, also in translation. http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi... - etesien