Charles Simic

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May 09, 1938 in Belgrade, Serbia

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Poetry

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Charles Simic born Dušan Simić) is a Serbian-American poet and the 15th Poet Laureate of the United States. He is co-Poetry Editor of the Paris Review. Simic is the 2007 recipient of the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets. This $100,000 (US) prize recognizes outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.

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Books by Charles Simic

Average rating: 4.09 · 4,701 ratings · 469 reviews · 90 distinct works

	The World Doesn't End 4.30 avg rating — 743 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Voice at 3:00 A.M.: Selected Late and New Poems 4.07 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Walking the Black Cat 4.02 avg rating — 290 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hotel Insomnia 4.10 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Sixty Poems 3.98 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Dime-Store Alchemy 4.30 avg rating — 207 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Selected Early Poems 4.24 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Jackstraws 3.75 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	My rating:
	My Noiseless Entourage 3.82 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Wedding in Hell 4.17 avg rating — 108 ratings — 3 editions	My rating: