Charles Simic

Charles Simic (1938 – 2023) was a Serbian-born poet who lived and worked in the United States where he established a reputation as a singular and important voice. His first collection What The Grass Says was published in 1967 and in 1990 he won a Pulitzer prize for his collection The World Doesn’t End. His writing frequently draws on his childhood experiences in war-torn Belgrade and explores the spiritual poverty of modern life.