Marie Silkeberg

Marie Silkeberg (born June 3, 1961, in Denmark) is a Swedish writer and translator.

She has also written drama and essays, and has translated, among others, Marguerite Duras,[1] the Danish poets Inger Christensen, Pia Tafdrup,[2] and Mette Moestrup, and the American poets Susan Howe,[3] Rosmarie Waldrop, Claudia Rankine (together with Jenny Tunedal), Alice Notley and Anne Boyer.

"[10] Another review of the book in Aftonbladet calls Silkeberg "wonderfully daring and forward-thinking.

"[11] In 2004, Silkeberg was awarded the Swedish Radio Poetry Prize for Sockenplan, säger hon.

[23] Damascus, Atlantis: Selected Poems, translated into English by Kelsi Vanada, published in 2021 by Terra Nova Press, an imprint of MIT Press,[24] was longlisted for the 2022 PEN America Poetry in Translation Award.