Danish poet Carsten Rene Nielsen is the author of several poetry collections, including two books of children's poetry. His works published in English include the prose poems The World Cut Out with Crooked Scissors (New Issues, 2007), House Inspections (BOA Editions, 2011), and Forty-One Objects (Bitter Oleander Press, 2019), all translated by the American poet David Keplinger. He received the prestigious Michael Stunge Poetry Prize and The Danish Ministry of Culture's Children's Book Award. His poetry has also has also been published in other countries such as Germany, India, the Netherlands, Italy and Canada. Nielsen lives on the island of Sams in Denmark.American poet and literary translator David Keplinger is the author of eight books of poetry, including Ice (Milkweed Editions, 2023), The World to Come (Conduit Books, 2021), and Another City (Milkweed Editions, 2018), which won the 2019 Rilke Prize. He is the translator of several books of poetry from Danish and German. His translation of Carsten Rene Nielsen's collection of poems, Forty-One Objects was a finalist for the 2020 National Translation Award. He is the recipient of the 2025 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.Danish artist and author Mette Norrie has an MFA from the renowned Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Her work includes numerous illustrations for both Nordic and international publications, as well as collections of visual poetry, prose, and graphic novels written in Danish and English.

Danish poet Carsten Rene Nielsen is the author of several poetry collections, including two books of children's poetry. His works published in English include the prose poems The World Cut Out with Crooked Scissors (New Issues, 2007), House Inspections (BOA Editions, 2011), and Forty-One Objects (Bitter Oleander Press, 2019), all translated by the American poet David Keplinger. He received the prestigious Michael Stunge Poetry Prize and The Danish Ministry of Culture's Children's Book Award. His poetry has also has also been published in other countries such as Germany, India, the Netherlands, Italy and Canada. Nielsen lives on the island of Sams in Denmark.American poet and literary translator David Keplinger is the author of eight books of poetry, including Ice (Milkweed Editions, 2023), The World to Come (Conduit Books, 2021), and Another City (Milkweed Editions, 2018), which won the 2019 Rilke Prize. He is the translator of several books of poetry from Danish and German. His translation of Carsten Rene Nielsen's collection of poems, Forty-One Objects was a finalist for the 2020 National Translation Award. He is the recipient of the 2025 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.Danish artist and author Mette Norrie has an MFA from the renowned Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Her work includes numerous illustrations for both Nordic and international publications, as well as collections of visual poetry, prose, and graphic novels written in Danish and English.

Danish poet Carsten Rene Nielsen is the author of several poetry collections, including two books of children's poetry. His works published in English include the prose poems The World Cut Out with Crooked Scissors (New Issues, 2007), House Inspections (BOA Editions, 2011), and Forty-One Objects (Bitter Oleander Press, 2019), all translated by the American poet David Keplinger. He received the prestigious Michael Stunge Poetry Prize and The Danish Ministry of Culture's Children's Book Award. His poetry has also has also been published in other countries such as Germany, India, the Netherlands, Italy and Canada. Nielsen lives on the island of Sams in Denmark.American poet and literary translator David Keplinger is the author of eight books of poetry, including Ice (Milkweed Editions, 2023), The World to Come (Conduit Books, 2021), and Another City (Milkweed Editions, 2018), which won the 2019 Rilke Prize. He is the translator of several books of poetry from Danish and German. His translation of Carsten Rene Nielsen's collection of poems, Forty-One Objects was a finalist for the 2020 National Translation Award. He is the recipient of the 2025 Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.Danish artist and author Mette Norrie has an MFA from the renowned Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Her work includes numerous illustrations for both Nordic and international publications, as well as collections of visual poetry, prose, and graphic novels written in Danish and English.