Charles Simic
Serbian born Americans poet (1938-2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Simic (Serbian: Душан "Чарлс" Симић; born Dušan Simić; May 9, 1938 – January 9, 2023) was a Serbian American poet. He was the co-poetry editor of the Paris Review. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for The World Doesn't End, and was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for Selected Poems, 1963-1983 and in 1987 for Unending Blues.
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Born | Dušan Simić (1938-05-09)May 9, 1938 Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
Died | January 9, 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 84) Dover, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Occupation | Poet |
Nationality | Serbian-American |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1990) Wallace Stevens Award (2007) Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (2014) |
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Simic was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2007.[1] Simic married fashion designer Helene Dubin in 1964, and their union produced two children. In 1971, he became an American citizen.[2] Simic died of complications of dementia on January 9, 2023, at the age of 84.[3][4]