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Charles Simic

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Biography of Charles Simic

9. May 1938 – 9. Jan 2023(84 years)Died in:Dover, Strafford County

Serbian born American poet

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Biography

Belgrade, Serbia

Dover, Strafford County

United States

Occupation(7)

poet writer translator university teacher journalist scholar of English essayist

Awards(10)

Guggenheim Fellowship MacArthur Fellows Program Pulitzer Prize for PoetryVilcek PrizeGolden Wreath Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets Wallace Stevens Award PEN Translation Prize Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Great Immigrants Award

Education(2)

Oak Park and River Forest High School New York University

Charles Simic (* 9. May 1938 in Belgrade; † 9. January 2023 in Dover) was a serbian born American poet. He was 84 years old. His education included Oak Park and River Forest High School and New York University. He received 10 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program.

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1938

Born in Belgrade, Serbia

1972

Guggenheim Fellowship

1980

PEN Translation Prize

1984

MacArthur Fellows Program

1990

Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

The World Doesn't End

1993

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

1998

Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets

2007

Wallace Stevens Award

2008

Great Immigrants Award

2011

Vilcek Prize

2017

Golden Wreath

2023

Died in Dover, Strafford County

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