Arthur Sze | |
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Born | New York, New York, U.S. | December 1, 1950
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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 | Carol Moldaw |
Children | 2 |
Arthur Sze (English: /ˈziː/; Chinese: 施家彰; pinyin: Shī Jiāzhāng; born December 1, 1950) is an American poet, translator, and professor. Since 1972, he has published ten collections of poetry. Sze's ninth collection Compass Rose (2014) was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Sze's tenth collection Sight Lines (2019) won the 2019 National Book Award for Poetry.
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.