Overview
- This year’s jury of Nick Laird, Tomasz Różycki and Anne Michaels evaluated 578 poetry collections submitted by 219 publishers across 17 countries.
- Leeder will receive $78,000 and Grünbein will be awarded $52,000 under the prize’s 60-40 split for translated works.
- Psyche Running compiles selections from Grünbein’s work spanning 2005 to 2022 into a single volume.
- Judges praised Leeder’s translation as “universal, lyrical, philosophical,” highlighting its clarity and depth.
- Four other shortlisted titles, including Diane Seuss’s Modern Poetry and Aaron Coleman’s translation of Nicolás Guillén, each earned $10,000.