Charles Simic
U.S. Poet Laureate · 2007-2008 · as printed by the Library of Congress
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Charles Simic, born in Belgrade on May 9, 1938, served as the 15th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry from 2007 to 2008. The Library notes the Pulitzer Prize for The World Doesn't End (1989), the International Griffin Poetry Prize for Selected Poems: 1963-2003, and honors including the Frost Medal and the PEN Translation Prize.
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Appointment and term
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2007-2008
He served as the 15th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
Life
Charles Simic was born in Belgrade, former Yugoslavia, on May 9, 1938.
Books and honors
The World Doesn’t End: Prose Poems (1989), which received the Pulitzer Prize
Selected Poems: 1963-2003 (2004), which received the International Griffin Poetry Prize
His other honors and awards include the Frost Medal, the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, and the PEN Translation Prize.
Source
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