Judith Wilkinson is a British poet and translator, living in

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, the Netherlands. She is known for her translations of Dutch and Flemish poetry into English. She has translated the works of Toon Tellegen, Miriam Van hee, Menno Wigman and Hagar Peeters.

Awards and honours

* 2021: Menno Wigman, ''The World by Evening'', longlisted for the Vondel Prize * 2019: Pushcart Prize, nominated by ''The Manhattan Review'' * 2013: Brockway Prize. * 2011: Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation for ''Raptors'' by Toon Tellegen. * 2009: Runner-up David Reid Poetry Translation Prize. * 2008: First prize David Reid Poetry Translation Prize. * 2007:

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for ''Instead of Silence'' by Miriam Van hee. * 2007: Runner-up David Reid Poetry Translation Prize.

Poetry collections

* Judith Wilkinson, ''In Desert'', Shoestring Press 2021 * Judith Wilkinson, ''Canyon Journey'', with artwork by Ditty Doornbos, Shoestring Press 2016 * Judith Wilkinson, ''Tightrope Dancer'', Shoestring Press 2010

Translated titles

* Hanny Michaelis, ''In an Unguarded Moment, Selected Poems,'' Shoestring Press 2022 * Hagar Peeters, ''City of Sandcastles'', Shoestring Press 2018 * Toon Tellegen, ''About Love and About Nothing Else'', Shoestring Press 2008 * Toon Tellegen, ''A Man and an Angel'', Shoestring Press 2013 * Toon Tellegen, ''Raptors'', Carcanet Press 2011 * Toon Tellegen, ''Under a Giant Sky'', Selected Poems, Shoestring Press 2019 * Miriam Van hee, ''Instead of Silence'', Shoestring Press 2007 * Menno Wigman, ''The World by Evening'', Shearsman Press, 2020 * Maya Wuytack, ''Nothing Chronic (Except Love)'', WA Poets Inc 2019

Poetry performed

The Kosh, ''Just Below the Surface'', poetry by Judith Wilkinson, 1995.

References

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