John Tritica: commented that Sze "resides somewhere in the intersection of Taoist contemplation, Zen rock gardens and postmodern experimentation." Critic R.W. French notes that Sze's poems "are complex in thought and perception; in language, however, they have the cool clarity of porcelain. The surface is calm, while the depths are resonant. There is about these poems a sense of inevitability, as though they could not possibly be other than what they are. They move precisely through their patterns like a dancer, guided by the discipline that controls and inspires." Personal life Sze he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with his wife, Carol Moldaw, and their daughter. Sze also has a son from a previous marriage. Awards Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award Guggenheim Fellowship, American Book Award Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, Two National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing fellowships George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship Western States Book Award for Translation. Jackson Poetry Prize, 2013 (awarded by Poets & Writers) National Book Award for Poetry, 2019 Bibliography Poetry Collections Translations In anthology As editor Chinese Writers on Writing. Ed. Arthur Sze. (Trinity University Press, 2010). References External links Profile at the Poetry Foundation Profile and poems at Poets.org "An E-view with Arthur Sze", Rebecca Seiferle, The Drunken Boat Lunch Poems: Arthur Sze, UCTV, 4-28-08 (30 mins, audio) "Add-Verse" a poetry-photo-video project Arthur Sze participated in Sze reading at the Lensic Theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 1 April 1997. Video (30 mins) Living people 1950 births 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets 20th-century translators American male poets American writers of Chinese descent Chinese–English translators Lawrenceville School alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Mary Baldwin University faculty Institute of American Indian Arts faculty Washington University in St. Louis faculty American Book Award winners National Book Award winners Poets from New York (state) Poets from New Mexico Writers from Queens, New York Writers from Santa Fe, New Mexico People from Garden City, New York 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Municipal Poets Laureate in the United States