Arthur Sze: Quick Facts


Facts

Born December 1, 1950 (age 75) • New York City • New York
Title / Office poet laureate (2025-)
Awards And Honors Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2022) • National Book Award (2019)
Notable Works “Archipelago” • “Compass Rose” • “Into the Hush” • “Quipu” • “Sight Lines” • “The Gingko Light”

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Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
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Richard Wilbur
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Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
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Robert Bly
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Elizabeth Bishop, 1938
Elizabeth Bishop
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Robert Hass
American poet and translator
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Anthony Hecht
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Marie Ponsot
American writer, critic, teacher, and translator
Marianne Moore, 1957, photograph by Imogen Cunningham.
Marianne Moore
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William Meredith
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Robert Pinsky
Robert Pinsky
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Ha Jin
Ha Jin
Chinese American writer
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C.K. Williams
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Philip Levine
Philip Levine
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Mona Van Duyn
Mona Van Duyn
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Lucille Clifton
Lucille Clifton
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Ashbery, John
John Ashbery
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Lisel Mueller
German-American poet
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Hayden Carruth
American poet and literary critic
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A.R. Ammons
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