British translator Karen Leeder and German writer Durs Grünbein win Griffin Poetry Prize
TORONTO - British scholar Karen Leeder's translation of 'Psyche Running' by Durs Grünbein has won the Griffin Poetry Prize.
They were awarded the $130,000 literary prize at a ceremony in Toronto.
Leeder is a professor of German language and literature at Oxford University, and the Griffin judges praise her translation as being 'universal, lyrical, philosophical.'
This is the second time a translation of work by Grünbein, who lives in Berlin, has been shortlisted for the Griffin.
'Ashes for Breakfast: Selected Poems,' translated by Michael Hoffmann, was a finalist for the International Griffin Poetry Prize in 2006, before the Canadian and global prizes were combined.
Margaret Atwood also received the $25,000 Lifetime Recognition Award at the poetry reading and ceremony.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 5, 2025.
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