Arthur Sze will serve a second term as the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2026-2027, the Library announced today, as we highlight National Poetry Month. Sze, who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was first named poet laureate in September 2025 and began working to expand appreciation of poetry through his focus on translating poetry originally written in languages other than English. His newest book, “Transient Worlds: On Translating Poetry,” features translations from 13 languages and provides a personal guide to poetry in translation. The book is published today by Copper Canyon Press in association with the Library. “The book is a vehicle to widen and deepen the appreciation of poetry through the lens of poetry in translation,” Sze said. Sze was previously honored with the Library’s 2024 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry. He’ll be at the Library on April 14 for a conversation with the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Simon Armitage, on the art and process of writing and translating poetry; Armitage has a new translation of “Gilgamesh” that will be published on the same day. Register here for free tickets to this Live! At the Library event. In his second term,…
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Encore! Arthur Sze reappointed as National Poet Laureate
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