Organized by The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU
Welcome to the Distinguished Visiting Writers: Arthur Sze & Wang Jiaxin event! Join us at the Piper Writers House for an evening with two master poets. In honor of National Poetry Month Arthur Sze and Wang Jiaxin will read and talk about form, tradition, innovation and imitation. The conversation will be moderated by Lucas Klein, translator and ASU Professor of Chinese. Arthur Sze is an American poet, translator, and professor. Since 1972, he has published ten collections of poetry. Sze's ninth collection Compass Rose was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Sze's tenth collection Sight Lines won the 2019 National Book Award. Widely regarded as one of China’s most important poets, Wang Jiaxin was born in Danjiangkou, Hubei Province and was "sent down" after high school to labor in the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. He was admitted to Wuhan University in 1978 and later worked as a teacher and editor. He moved to London in 2022 as a visiting scholar and returned to China in 2004. He is currently a professor of literature at Renmin University in Bejing. Space for this very special eventis limited so reserve your spot today!
