Arthur Sze
U.S. Poet Laureate · 2025-2026 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Arthur Sze, born in New York City in 1950 to Chinese immigrants, was announced as the 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry on September 15th, 2025. He has published 12 poetry collections, among them Into the Hush (2025), and Sight Lines (2019) won the National Book Award for Poetry. He is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts and was the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives.
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Appointment and term
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2025-2026
The Library of Congress announced the appointment of Arthur Sze as the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry on September 15th, 2025.
Life
Arthur Sze was born in New York City in 1950 to Chinese immigrants.
he is a professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts and was the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lives.
Books and honors
He is the author of 12 poetry collections, most recently “Into the Hush” (2025)
“Sight Lines” (2019), which won the National Book Award for Poetry
In addition to the Bobbitt Prize, Sze’s honors include the Bollingen Prize for American Poetry from Yale University, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation
Other
Sze succeeds Ada Limón as Poet Laureate
Source
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