August 7, 2007
Embassy of the United States of America
Belgrade

Serbian-American Poet Charles Simic Named 15th U.S. Poet Laureate

Serbian-American poet Charles Simic will be the 15th U.S. poet laureate, the Library of Congress announced Thursday, August 2, 2007.  The poet laureate program promotes poetry across the nation.  Simic, who has published more than sixty books, won the Pulitzer Prize for his book of prose poems, The World Doesn't End in 1990 and been awarded with many honors, including a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant from 1984 to 1989.

Last year, Public Affairs organized a visit by Charles Simic to Belgrade in order to participate in the 51st annual Belgrade International Book Fair, in which U.S. was the "Host Nation."  During his visit Mr. Simic also spoke at the reopening of the American Corner Belgrade, conducted a public reading of his poetry and gave a lecture to university students.

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Charles Simic, 15th U.S. Poet Laureate

7. august, 2007
Ambasada Sjedinjenih Američkih Država
Beograd

Američki pesnik srpskog porekla Čarls Simić imenovan za petnaestog pesničkog laureata u SAD

Kongresna biblioteka Sjedinjenih Američkih Država je 2. avgusta 2007. godine objavila da je američki pesnik srpskog porekla Čarls Simić petnaesti nosilac pesničkog laureata u Americi. Pesnički laureat je program kojim se promoviše poezija širom zemlje. Simić, koji je do sada objavio više od šezdeset knjiga, 1990. godine je dobio Pulicerovu nagradu za knjigu pesama "Svet ne okončava" i bio nagrađivan više puta, uključujući stipendiju Mekarturove Fondaciju "Genije" za period 1984. - 1989. godine.

Prošle godine, Kancelarija za kulturu i medije Američke ambasade u Beogradu organizovala je posetu Čarlsa Simića povodom 51. Međunarodnog sajma knjiga u Beogradu, na kome su Sjedinjene Američke Države bile počasni gost. U toku svoje posete Srbiji, Simić je govorio na ponovnom otvaranju Američkog kutka u Beogradu, održao veče poezije kao i predavanje studentima Beogradskog univeriziteta.

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