Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze | |
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Sze in 2024 | |
| Born | New York City, U.S. |
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| Language | English, Chinese |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, Berkeley (BA) |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Notable works | Compass Rose (2014) Sight Lines (2019) |
| Notable awards | National Book Award for Poetry (2019) |
| Spouse | Ramona Sakiestewa (m. 1978–?; div.) Carol Moldaw |
| Children | 2 |
| United States Poet Laureate | |
| In office October 9, 2025 – present | |
| Preceded by | Ada Limón |
Arthur Sze (English: /ˈziː/; Chinese: 施家彰; pinyin: Shī Jiāzhāng; born 1950) is an American poet, translator, editor, and professor. He is the 25th United States poet laureate consultant in poetry for 2025-2026. Since 1972, he has published twelve collections of poetry. Sze's books include Into the Hush, a finalist for the 2026 PEN / Jean Stein Award (Copper Canyon, 2025) and The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems (Copper Canyon, 2021), which received a 2024 National Book Foundation Science and Literature Award. His tenth collection, Sight Lines, won the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry, and his ninth collection, Compass Rose (2014), was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Other previous books include The Ginkgo Light (Copper Canyon, 2009), selected for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Book Award in Poetry and a PEN Southwest Book Award; Quipu (Copper Canyon, 2005); The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998 (Copper Canyon, 1998), selected for the Balcones Poetry Prize and an Asian American Literary Award; and Archipelago (Copper Canyon, 1995), selected for an American Book Award.
Sze was the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he resides and is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts.