April 28, 2008 | Newsmakers
More than a half-century ago, Charles Simic arrived in the United States from Belgrade speaking little English. Today, at 70, he is among the world’s most celebrated poets. He has published more than 20 volumes of poetry, as well as other works, and has garnered virtually every major award, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. In 2007 he was appointed the 15th U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. A retired professor of creative writing at the University of New Hampshire, Prof. Simic is the Sidney Harman Writer-in-Residence at Baruch College for the spring semester. Discussing his work and remarkable life, Prof. Simic says, “I don’t think, ever before, has there been so much interest in poetry.”
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