Jan Wagner, a German poet and essayist and translator of Anglo-American poetry, has published seven poetry collections and received, among other honors, the Georg Büchner Prize. A selection in English (Self-Portrait with a Swarm of Bees, translated by Iain Galbraith) was published in 2015 by Arc (U.K.); another English selection, translated by David Keplinger, came out in 2017 from Milkweed Editions, under the title The Art of Topiary. (updated 4/2023)