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Karen Leeder has been awarded the John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for Translation 2018 for her translation of Durs Grünbein,'The Doctrine of Photography', which appeared in Poetry 2017.  The John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for translation work is permanently endowed through a fund established by Bonnie Larkin Nims, Trustees of The Poetry Foundation, and friends of the late poet, translator, and Editor of Poetry.  Previous winners include: Marilyn Hacker, Eavan Boland,  and Michael Hofmann 2007

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/144808/the-doctrine-of-photography