Portrait of David Keplinger

Credit: Adam Tamashasky

David Keplinger

David Keplinger is the author of eight poetry collections, including Ice (Milkweed Editions, August 2023) and Another City (Milkweed, 2018), which won the UNT Rilke Prize. His books of translations include The Art of Topiary by Georg Büchner Prize winner Jan Wagner and Forty-One Objects by Danish poet Carsten René Nielsen, a finalist for the 2020 National Translation Prize. Keplinger directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing at American University, where he teaches courses in poetry writing and literary translation. (updated 7/2023)

Read Nicky Beer’s conversation with David Keplinger and Patrick Phillips.

AGNI has published the following work:

AGNI has published the following translations:

pegasus

Poetry by Jan Wagner Translated from the German by David Keplinger

The Heart

Poetry by Carsten Rene Nielsen Translated from the Danish by Carsten Rene Nielsen and David Keplinger
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