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2026

Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a judge for the inaugural
John Calder Translation Prize

"Translation creates a new republic of books
that transcends boundaries and translators
are often the unsung heroines/heroes." - Sze-Lorrain

The Bookseller - article, SoA shortlists announcement

2025

Bloomsbury Podcast Interview
Hosted by Wendy Jones with Diane Webb, Nabeela Ahmed, and Elise Valmorbidat
Why Words Matter in Translation

"My City Can Heal Water Violin, Water Wings"
Fiona Sze-Lorrain on Writing and Translating Paris
Interview by Alton Melvar M. Dapanas
Panorama Journal

Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a judge for the 2025
International Dublin Literary Award
Press Release
Discover the Judging Panel   
                 

  

         

2024

Interview with Fiona Sze-Lorrain by Jenny Tan
Modern Poetry in Translation - No. 1, 2024

2023

"Diaspora Unfurled: Dear Chrysanthemums," American Library in Paris
Evenings with an Author - October 24

  

Video Podcast, episode on Chinese diaspora literature
with author Fiona Sze-Lorrain and Dear Chrysanthemums 
The World of Chinese, "Meanwhile in China"
September 2023

 

                     Watch on Youtube channel, Meanwhile in China

"Lucid Silence: An Interview with Fiona Sze-Lorrain"
Interview by Tsering Yangzom Lama: Dear Chrysanthemums 
Asymptote
September 2023

"Autofiction, History, and Beyond"
Conversation with Shawna Yang Ryan on Dear Chrysanthemums 
Singapore Unbound | Suspect 
July 2023

Podcast interview on Dear Chrysanthemums 
Asian Review of Books | New Books Network 
June 2023

Podcast interview with Fiona Sze-Lorrain on Yu Xiuhua
Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm
The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast - June 2023            

2021

Interview on Rain in Plural 
Off the Coast - Summer 2021 
           

Fiona Sze-Lorrain Recalls the "Imperfectly Perfect"
"Take Five" Interview
Columbia College Today - February 12             

Webinar: Sze-Lorrain in Conversation with Christopher Merrill
Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City - February 4

 

                     Watch on Prairie Lights' Facebook Live Virtual Readings

Zoom Video, American Library in Paris
Evenings with an Author: Fiona Sze-Lorrain - January 26

  

2020

Zoom Video, LOGOS Reading by Dan Beachy-Quick and Sze-Lorrain
December 6

Live Podcast, Rattlecast #66: Fiona Sze-Lorrain, by Timothy Green
Rattle Poetry - November 10

 

More Than Allusion: Fiona Sze-Lorrain's Rain in Plural 
Interview by William Sharpe
Cahiers at Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination - October 2                       

From One Wound, How to Navigate Another
Interview with Dan Beachy-Quick by H.L. Hix
Inquire - November 17             

MALBA Questionnaire Interview      
Watch the video at Instagram - September 23  

2019

La poésie d'une humanité partagée : 
entretien avec Fiona Sze-Lorrain par Magdalena Arnoux
Poezibao - Octobre 7                       

Art of Darkness: A Blue Dark 
Exhibition by Horstman and Sze-Lorrain
New Haven Independent - June 7                        

Dark Matters: A Blue Dark 
Exhibition by Horstman and Sze-Lorrain
The Arts Paper - August 5                        

Watch a video from MALBA:

2018

Between Image and Its Less Tender Life - 
A Conversation with Fiona Sze-Lorrain (PDF)
Quiddity International Literary Review - Vol. 11, 2018

Entrevista : Fiona Sze-Lorrain - La poesía es una forma 
de resistir la manera en la que se dicta el tiempo
Revista Colofón, Buenos Aires - July 11

Quería ser una astronauta - Viaje a la poesía alrededor de la
Residencia de escritores del MALBA de Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Revista Colofón, Buenos Aires - July 24

Malba, la lectura como arte - 
Residencia - Visitante : Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Revista Noticias, Buenos Aires - July 13

Una intensa actividad de creación y debate  
literarios en el Malba hasta fin de ano 
Télam, Buenos Aires - June 20
Diario de cultura, Buenos Aires - June 20

Quién es Fiona Sze-Lorrain, la poeta y musica   
de Singapur que llegó a la Argentina
Radio Cadena Sol, Buenos Aires - June 
Infobae, Buenos Aires - June 19 

Fiona Sze-Lorrain, la poeta que llegó de Singapur, es fan  
de Pizarnik y toca el arpa - primera huésped de 
la residencia de escritores del Malba
La Nación, Buenos Aires - June 15

Un foro para el diálogo y la creación 
Página/12, Buenos Aires - June 15

 

Tre preguntas a Fiona Sze-Lorrain 
Malba Diario, Buenos Aires - May 21

Interview on The Ruined Elegance, etc. 
The Literary Review - January 16

2017

Zheng Musikfestival in Europa 
The First European Zheng Festival
Zheng Festival and Concert Review - May 27

Noon Forum: Poetry Reading and Guzheng Performance
Omaha Public Radio KIOS 91.5 FM - May 1

2016

Article on Poetry and Zheng Performance in Nebraska
The Creightonian - November 3
 

 

Interview: "Why Do We Need a Women
in Translation Month"
Foreword Reviews - August 29

2015

Interview on The Ruined Elegance
Princeton University Press blog - September 10

Feature: 50 Red Dots around the World
Fiona Sze-Lorrain (PDF)
Be Movement - August 9

     

Taipei Poetry Festival: Poetry Feature
(in Chinese translation)
The Merit Times - October 19

                        

2014

"Themes and Variations of an Afterlife"
TriQuarterly - May 6                          

2013

"I try to write as a witness to something concrete"
Kitaab: Asia+n writing in English - November 24     

2012

Des musiques d'une troublante beauté :
avec Guo Gan aux Musicaves
Le Journal de Saône et Loire - 26 juin       

2011

Une seule prise (In One Take)
HD Mag : Musique - novembre 2011

2010

"On the Aesthetics of Empathy"
Quarterly Literary Review Singapore - April
www.qlrs.com

Retort Magazine - February
Interview: retortmagazine.com

2009

"Fact or Fiction, Sze-Lorrain's Poetry Exceeds Truth"
Columbia Spectator - November 30
Feature Article (PDF)

2008

Public Republic - November 10
Interview: www.public-republic.net
 

Tsering Wangdu et Sze-Lorrain
Ethnotempos - No. 39, June-August
Review: Cordes et vents (PDF 4.9MB)

Tibet-Chine : à la croisée des notes
Paris - May 12
leparisdechine.wordpress.com

2007

Interview in Feature Article,
"The Self in Silhouette"
Newsweek International - December 24
www.newsweek.com

Interview in Feature Article,
"Gao Xingjian: A Man Outside the Mainstream"
Jakarta Post - December 16
www.mutualart.com

Initiation International
Singapore - March 10

2004

Performing at Festival de l'Imaginaire
Paris - March 15
Monodomix, Maison de cultures du monde, Paris
Festival de l'Imaginaire (PDF 413KB)

Performing with IIIZ+
New York - February 24
New York Press
"Oh, those zany Asians… they're at it again…"
Review: Pling, Plang, Plung and [ka] Boom!

Alaska - February 19
Juneau Empire
Review: Zither Group to Embark on World Tour

 

2003

Concert Review
New York - December 8, 2003
Chinese Music Ensemble of New York Concert
Zheng with Chinese Music Ensemble of New York (PDF 737KB)

"Flying the Child's Hope"
New Canaan - September 11
Our Town (Arts), New Canaan, Connecticut
Review: Flying the Child's Hope (PDF 124KB)