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Michael Hofmann is a German-born, British-educated poet, translator, and critic. The author of five books of poems, he has translated some hundred titles from the German. His translations have won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the 2024 International Booker Prize. He teaches at the University of Florida. (from New York Review)

Michael Hofmann is a German-born, British-educated poet, translator, and critic. The author of five books of poems, he has translated some hundred titles from the German. His translations have won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the 2024 International Booker Prize. He teaches at the University of Florida. (from New York Review)

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