Arthur Sze

Arthur Sze is an American poet, translator, editor, and professor. He is the 25th United States Poet Laureate, serving his term in 2025–26; on 14 April 2026 Sze was named to a second term as poet laureate for 2026-2027. 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, and The Glass Constellation: New and Collected Poems, 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, selected for the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Book Award in Poetry and a PEN Southwest Book Award; Quipu ; The Redshifting Web: Poems 1970-1998, selected for the Balcones Poetry Prize and an Asian American Literary Award; and Archipelago, selected for an American Book Award.