Charles Simic was born in Yugoslavi...
Charles Simic was born in Yugoslavia and came to the U in 1954 when he was sixteen. He went to high gymnasium in Oak Park, Illinois, and attended the University of Chicago at night while working by means of day at the Chicago Sun-Times. His metrical composition has been collected in pick outed Poems 1963-1983 (Braziller, 1985) The volume of Gods and Devils (Harcourt, 1990) and many other works His translations include Homage to the Lame Wolf: chosened Poems by Vasko Popa (Field, 1979) turn Call of Mirrors by Ivan Lalic (Wesleyan University Pres 1987) and culled Poems of Tomaz Salamun (Ecco Pres
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