#  "Wickerwork: On Poetic Translation" 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 30, 2025** 

 04:00PM - 06:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Plimpton Room, Barker Center room 133**  



 

 



 

SPEAKERS: Richard Sieburth (New York University), Christian Lehnert (University of Leipzig)

Richard Sieburth will present his translations and engage in discussion with Christian Lehnert.

About the Speakers

**Richard Sieburth** is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at New York University and a renowned translator of German and French poetry and literature.

**Christian Lehnert** is the Head of Liturgical Studies at the University of Leipzig and a critically acclaimed poet, recipient of the 2024 Hölderlin Prize for German Poetry.

*Co-sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center's* [*German Studies Seminar*](https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/german-studies-new-perspectives)*,* [*Rethinking Translation*](https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/rethinking-translation) *and* [*Classical Traditions and Receptions*](https://mahindrahumanities.harvard.edu/classical-traditions) *seminars, and the Center for the Study of World Religions.*



 

 



 

 

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