Good not to be always mindful/ Of our torpid transmigration
Aniara
By Harry Martinson (Translated by Stephen Klass & Leif Sjoberg)
I could be mistaken, but I do believe that Harry Martinson’s 1963 poem Aniara is the very first science fiction novel by a Nobel Laureate that I have ever read [1]. It’s also the very first work of poetry I’ve ever reviewed [2] (that is, all poetry rather than just containing poetry).