Simic

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Simic is a surname most notably associated with Charles Simic, the Serbian-American poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate.

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Simic canonical 2

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instanceOf U.S. Poet Laureate
essayist
family name
human
poet
professor
surname
translator
awardReceived Griffin Poetry Prize (International)
MacArthur Fellowship
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Wallace Stevens Award
countryOfCitizenship Serbia
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1938-05-09
dateOfDeath 2023-01-09
employer University of New Hampshire
endTime 2008 (Poet Laureate of the United States)
ethnicGroup Serb
familyName Simic
genre poetry
prose poetry
givenName Charles
hasNotableBearer Charles Simic
languageOfOrigin Serbian language
South Slavic languages
movement surrealism
linked to: Surrealism
notableFor concise, surreal, and philosophical poetry
service as U.S. Poet Laureate
notableWork Dismantling the Silence
The Book of Gods and Devils
The World Doesn’t End
occupation essayist
poet
translator
university professor
placeOfBirth Belgrade
placeOfDeath Dover, New Hampshire
positionHeld Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
residence New Hampshire
United States of America
startTime 2007 (Poet Laureate of the United States)
writingLanguage English
Serbian

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Charles Simic familyName Simic
Charles Simic familyName Simic
subject linked to: Simic