17 Poems

{{short description|1954 poetry collection by Tomas Tranströmer}}

{{Infobox book

| name = 17 Poems

| image = File:17Dikter.jpg

| caption = First edition

| author = Tomas Tranströmer

| title_orig = 17 dikter

| translator =

| country = Sweden

| language = Swedish

| publisher = Albert Bonniers förlag

| pub_date = 1954

| english_pub_date =

| pages = 54

}}

17 Poems ({{langx|sv|17 dikter}}) is a 1954 poetry collection by the Swedish writer Tomas Tranströmer. It was Tranströmer's debut book: he had previously only been published in journals.{{Cite web|last=Clappett|first=Marie-Claire|date=2011-10-06|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/8811508/Tomas-Transtromer-Ten-things-you-never-knew-about-the-poet-you-never-knew.html|title=Tomas Tranströmer: Ten things you never knew about the poet you never knew|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=2012-05-07}} The book was well received in the Swedish press and praised for its formal confidence and imagination in metaphors.{{Cite news|last1=Leonardz|first1=Jenny|last2=Neuman|first2=Ricki|date=2011-10-06|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/en-saker-ton_6531456.svd|title=En säker ton|language=Swedish|work=Svenska Dagbladet|accessdate=2012-05-07}}

Several of the poems in 17 poems have been set to music.http://www.albertbonniersforlag.se/Nyheter/2014/4/25/Utdelning-av-Sodra-Latins-Transtromer-stipendium/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328013906/http://www.albertbonniersforlag.se/Nyheter/2014/4/25/Utdelning-av-Sodra-Latins-Transtromer-stipendium/ |date=2016-03-28 }} Albert Bonniers Förlag (in Swedish){{cite news|title=Pianisten Daniel Stagno och sångaren Petteri Lehikoinen tolkar Tranströmer|url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/5524070|newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=3 May 2013 }}