Judith Wilkinson
British poet and translator
Judith Wilkinson is a British poet and translator, living in Groningen , 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
2007: Runner-up David Reid Poetry Translation Prize
2007: Poetry Book Society Recommendation for Instead of Silence by Miriam Van hee.
2008: First prize David Reid Poetry Translation Prize.
2009: Runner-up David Reid Poetry Translation Prize.
2011: Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation for Raptors by Toon Tellegen.
2013: Brockway Prize.
2019: Pushcart Prize, nominated by The Manhattan Review
2021: Menno Wigman, The World by Evening , longlisted for the Vondel Prize
Poetry collections
Judith Wilkinson, Tightrope Dancer , Shoestring Press 2010
Judith Wilkinson, Canyon Journey , with artwork by Ditty Doornbos, Shoestring Press 2016
Judith Wilkinson, In Desert , Shoestring Press 2021
Judith Wilkinson, Sphinx Moth, Poetry Salzburg 2026
Translated titles
Miriam Van hee, Instead of Silence , Shoestring Press 2007
Toon Tellegen, About Love and About Nothing Else , Shoestring Press 2008
Toon Tellegen, Raptors , Carcanet Press 2011
Toon Tellegen, A Man and an Angel , Shoestring Press 2013
Hagar Peeters, City of Sandcastles , Shoestring Press 2018
Toon Tellegen, Under a Giant Sky , Selected Poems, Shoestring Press 2019
Maya Wuytack, Nothing Chronic (Except Love) , WA Poets Inc 2019
Menno Wigman, The World by Evening , Shearsman Books, 2020
Hanny Michaelis, In an Unguarded Moment, Selected Poems, Shoestring Press 2022
Toon Tellegen, A Slippery Slope , Shoestring Press 2023
Miriam Van hee, Sediment of Light, Selected Poems , Shoestring Press 2025
Alara Adilow, Myths and Traffic Lights, Selected Poems , Shearsman Books 2026
The Kosh, Just Below the Surface , poetry by Judith Wilkinson, 1995.