About the Speaker

Arthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor, and in 2025 he was named the 25th Poet Laureate of the United States. A second generation Chinese American born in New York in 1950, Sze is the author of twelve books of poetry including his 2014 Collection, Compass Rose, a 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry finalist. A chancellor emeritus of the Academy of American Poets and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was the 2023–2024 Mohr Visiting Poet at Stanford University, a Visiting Hurst Professor at Washington University, St. Louis, a Doenges Visiting Artist at Mary Baldwin College and has conducted residencies at Brown University among others. Professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Sze was the first Poet Laureate of Santa Fe where he lives with his wife, the poet Carol Moldaw. Sze’s poetry has been translated into fifteen languages.

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