Charles Simic

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Serbian-American poet essayist person poet translator

Charles Simic was a Serbian-American poet, essayist, and translator renowned for his surreal, darkly humorous verse and for serving as the 15th Poet Laureate of the United States.

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Charles Simic canonical 5

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instanceOf Serbian-American poet ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
awardReceived Griffin Poetry Prize ⓘ
surface form: Griffin Poetry Prize (International)

MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
PEN Translation Prize ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ
Wallace Stevens Award ⓘ
birthName Dušan Simović ⓘ
surface form: Dušan Simić
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Yugoslavia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1938-05-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-01-09 ⓘ
educatedAt New York University ⓘ
employer University of New Hampshire ⓘ
endTime 2008 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Serbian ⓘ
familyName Simic ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose poetry ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ
literaryStyle dark humor ⓘ
surrealism ⓘ
migratedTo United States of America ⓘ
movement contemporary American poetry ⓘ
name Charles Simic self-link ⓘ
notableWork Charon’s Cosmology ⓘ
Dismantling the Silence ⓘ
The Book of Gods and Devils ⓘ
The World Doesn’t End ⓘ
Unending Blues ⓘ
Walking the Black Cat ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
professor ⓘ
translator ⓘ
ordinalNumberInOffice 15 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Belgrade ⓘ
surface form: Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
placeOfDeath Dover, New Hampshire, United States ⓘ
positionHeld United States Poet Laureate ⓘ
surface form: Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
PulitzerPrizeForPoetryWork The World Doesn’t End ⓘ
PulitzerPrizeForPoetryYear 1990 ⓘ
startTime 2007 ⓘ
subjectOf interviews about war, memory, and surrealism in poetry ⓘ
yearOfMigration 1954 ⓘ

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Oak Park and River Forest High School → notableAlumnus → Charles Simic ⓘ
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Charles Simic ⓘ
Charles Simic → name → Charles Simic self-link ⓘ
Wallace Stevens Award → notableRecipient → Charles Simic ⓘ
Jan Wagner → translatedAuthor → Charles Simic ⓘ