About
Charles Simic, born Dušan Simić in Belgrade in 1938, emigrated to the United States in 1954 after a childhood marked by World War II. He published over thirty poetry collections, including The World Doesn't End, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1990. He was also a translator of French and Serbo-Croatian poetry and taught at the University of New Hampshire for over thirty years. Appointed U.S. Poet Laureate in 2007, he died in 2023.
* 1938-05-09 — † 2023-01-09
Major works
- What the Grass Says (1967)poetry collection
- The World Doesn't End: Prose Poems (1989)prose poetry collection
- Selected Poems: 1963–2003 (2004)poetry anthology
- No Land in Sight (2022)poetry collection
Key milestones
- 1990Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The World Doesn't End.
- 2007Appointed the 15th U.S. Poet Laureate.
- 2023Dies on January 9 at the age of 84.
Themes
the absurdmemorywareveryday lifeexile
Sources: loc.gov · poets.org · magazine.unh.edu