In 2005 Hofmann received his fourth Schlegel-Tieck Prize for his translation of Gerd Ledig's The Stalin Organ. Hofmann served as a judge for the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2002, and in 2006 Hofmann made the Griffin's international shortlist for his translation of Durs Grünbein's ''Ashes for Breakfast.
In 2005, Hofmann received his fourth Schlegel-Tieck Prize for his translation of Gerd Ledig's The Stalin Organ. Hofmann judged the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2002 and was included on the international shortlist for Durs Grünbein's "Ashes for Breakfast" in 2006.