Fiona
Sze-Lorrain
Years: 2025
Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a multifaceted writer, poet, translator, musician, and editor known for her distinctive voice across genres and cultures. She stands out as one of the few English-language women writers adept in multiple artistic expressions, crafting and translating works in English, French, and Chinese.
Her literary contributions include the novel-in-stories Dear Chrysanthemums (Scribner, 2023), five poetry collections—most recently Rain in Plural (Princeton, 2020) and The Ruined Elegance (Princeton, 2016)—as well as fifteen books of translation and three coedited anthologies of international literature. Sze-Lorrain’s exceptional talent has garnered significant recognition; she was longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and has been a finalist for prestigious awards such as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize.
A 2019–20 Abigail R. Cohen Fellow at the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Sze-Lorrain also served as the inaugural writer-in-residence at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. She currently resides in Paris, where she is an editor at Vif Éditions. In addition to her literary pursuits, Sze-Lorrain is an accomplished zheng harpist, performing widely across Europe, Asia, and the United States. Her expertise extends beyond the arts into negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution. For more information, visit www.fionasze.com.
Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a multifaceted writer, poet, translator, musician, and editor known for her distinctive voice across genres and cultures. She stands out as one of the few English-language women writers adept in multiple artistic expressions, crafting and translating works in English, French, and Chinese.
Her literary contributions include the novel-in-stories Dear Chrysanthemums (Scribner, 2023), five poetry collections—most recently Rain in Plural (Princeton, 2020) and The Ruined Elegance (Princeton, 2016)—as well as fifteen books of translation and three coedited anthologies of international literature. Sze-Lorrain’s exceptional talent has garnered significant recognition; she was longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and has been a finalist for prestigious awards such as the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Best Translated Book Award, and the Derek Walcott Poetry Prize.
A 2019–20 Abigail R. Cohen Fellow at the Columbia University Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Sze-Lorrain also served as the inaugural writer-in-residence at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. She currently resides in Paris, where she is an editor at Vif Éditions. In addition to her literary pursuits, Sze-Lorrain is an accomplished zheng harpist, performing widely across Europe, Asia, and the United States. Her expertise extends beyond the arts into negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution. For more information, visit www.fionasze.com.
