Dušan Simić known as Charles Simic, was an award winning Serbian-American poet and co-poetry editor of the Paris Review. He was known for being a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for The World Doesn't End. Before that he was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize twice in 1986 for Selected Poems, and in 1987 for Unending Blues. Simić was born in Belgrade. During World War II his family moved several times to escape the bombings. At 16 his family moved to the United States where he finished high scho... moreDušan Simić known as Charles Simic, was an award winning Serbian-American poet and co-poetry editor of the Paris Review. He was known for being a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for The World Doesn't End. Before that he was a finalist of the Pulitzer Prize twice in 1986 for Selected Poems, and in 1987 for Unending Blues. Simić was born in Belgrade. During World War II his family moved several times to escape the bombings. At 16 his family moved to the United States where he finished high school and enrolled at New York University for his bachelor's degree. In 1961 he was drafted into the U.S. Army. His career began in the early 1970s and by the mid 1970s he had made a name for himself as a poet. Simić wrote on such diverse topics as jazz, art, and philosophy. He was also a recipient of many awards including the Frost Medal and Wallace Stevens Award. He was also a translator, essayist, philosopher and professor emeritus of American literature and creative writing at University of New Hampshire.
