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Charles Simic

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Charles Simic
BornDušan Simić
(1938-05-09)May 9, 1938
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
DiedJanuary 9, 2023(2023-01-09) (aged 84)
Dover, New Hampshire, U.S.
OccupationPoet
NationalitySerbian-American
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for Poetry (1990)
Wallace Stevens Award (2007)
Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award (2014)

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.

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]

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  1. ↑ "Poet Laureate Timeline: 2001–present". Library of Congress. 2009. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  2. ↑ "Charles Simic, Pulitzer prize-winning poet, dies at age 84". The Guardian. January 10, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ Garner, Dwight (January 9, 2023). "Charles Simic, Pulitzer-Winning Poet and U.S. Laureate, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Umro američki pesnik srpskog porekla Čarls Simić". Telegraf. January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.