[New-Poetry] NYTimes.com: Charles Simic, Surrealist With Dark View, Is Named Poet Laureate

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C.S. described himself as a city poet because he has lived in cities all of my life, except for the last 35 years. ... and he is 69 ... :-)


BOOKS | August 2, 2007
Charles Simic, Surrealist With Dark View, Is Named Poet Laureate
By MOTOKO RICH
Charles Simic, a writer who juxtaposes dark imagery with ironic humor, is to be named the country's 15th poet laureate by the Librarian of Congress today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/02/books/02poet.html?ex=1186718400&en=6cc9432a8cc22c3f&ei=5070&emc=eta1






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