Alex Niemi

Alex Niemi is a translator and poet. Known for translating Anna Glazova, Laura Vazquez, and Vincent Tholomé, Niemi won the 2023 Heldt Prize and the 2023 AATSEEL prize for the translation of For the Shrew. Niemi holds an MFA in literary translation from the University of Iowa and is the author of the chapbook Elephant. Niemi was in residence at La Maison Dora Maar in March 2026.