Karen Leeder's translation of Durs Grünbein's Selected Poems Psyche Running has been awarded the prestigious Griffin Poetry Award.

Judges’ Citation: Durs Grünbein’s Psyche Running is a brilliant overview and selection of a poet who satisfies our hunger to be serious, as again and again he finds himself “between words and things.” Karen Leeder’s adept translations establish a new version of Grünbein in English: universal, lyrical, philosophical.

There is a full press release as a pdf with the anouncement in the website below:

https://griffinpoetryprize.com/press/announcing-the-2025-griffin-poetry-prize-winner/ 

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