Charles Simic: Quick Facts

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Born	May 9, 1938 • Belgrade
Died	January 9, 2023 (aged 84) • Dover • New Hampshire
Awards And Honors	National Book Award • Pulitzer Prize • Frost Medal (2011)
Notable Works	“A Fly in the Soup” • “Aunt Lettuce, I Want to Peek Under Your Skirt” • “Dime-Store Alchemy” • “My Noiseless Entourage” • “Scribbled in the Dark” • “The Unemployed Fortune Teller” • “The World Doesn’t End” • “What the Grass Says”