Tranströmer mendapat penghargaan Nobel Sastra pada tahun 2011.<ref name="ap nobel">{{cite news|url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/swedish-poet-tomas-transtromer-wins-nobel-literature-prize/2011/10/06/gIQAJ9YiPL_story.html|title = Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer wins Nobel literature prize for ‘condensed, translucent’ works|agency = Associated Press|date =6 October 2011|accessdate = 6 October 2011 }}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|title=Nobel prize for literature goes to Tomas Tranströmer|first1=Richard|last1=Lea|first2=Alison|last2=Flood|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/06/nobel-prize-literature-tomas-transtromer?newsfeed=true|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 October 2011|accessdate=6 October 2011}}</ref> Ia menjadi pemenang ke 108 dan menjadi orang pertama Swedia yang mendapat penghargaan tersebut sejak tahun 1974.<ref name="bbc nobel">{{cite news|title=Swedish poet Transtroemer wins Nobel Literature Prize|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15200547|newspaper=[[BBC News]]|date=6 October 2011|accessdate=6 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nobel prize for literature: Tomas Tranströmer joins a strange gang|first=John|last=Dugdale|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/oct/06/nobel-prize-literature-tomas-transtromer?newsfeed=true|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=6 October 2011|accessdate=6 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sweden’s most famous living poet wins Nobel prize|url=http://www.euronews.net/2011/10/06/sweden-s-most-famous-living-poet-wins-nobel-prize/|newspaper=[[Euronews]]|date=6 October 2011|accessdate=6 October 2011}}</ref>
