Charles Simic (born May 9, 1938) is a Serbian-American poet. Having emigrated in his youth from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Simic represents an interesting counterpoint to many North American contemporaries, so many of whom have evolved from the traditions of American 19th century writers such as Dickinson and Whitman, both of whom wrote about the details of the world surrounding them. Wikipedia
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Charles Simic : Germans and the Allies took turns dropping bombs on my head while I played with my collection of lead soldiers on the floor. I would go boom, boom, and then they would go boom, boom. Even after the war was over, I went on playing war. M www.cortlandreview.com/issuefour/interview4.htm
Charles SimicCharles Simic was born on May 9, 1938, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, where he had a traumatic childhood during World War II. www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/27