New And Selected Poems: 1962-2012 - Hardcover

Simic, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0547928289 ISBN 13: 9780547928289

Publisher: Ecco, 2013

Synopsis

“It takes just one glimpse of Charles Simic’s work to establish that he is a master, ruler of his own eccentric kingdom of jittery syntax and signature insight.” -Los Angeles Times
For over fifty years, Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant and innovative poetic imagery, his sardonic wit, and a voice all his own. He has been awarded nearly every major literary prize for his poetry, including a Pulitzer and a MacArthur grant, in addition to serving as the poet laureate of the United States in 2007 and 2008.

In this new volume, he distills his life’s work, combining for the first time the best of his early poems with his later works—including nearly three dozen revisions—along with seventeen new, never-before-published poems. Simic’s body of work draws inspiration from a range of topics, from the inscrutability of ordinary life to American blues, from folktales to marriage and war.

Consistently exciting and unexpected, the nearly four hundred poems in this volume represent the best of one of America’s most distinguished and original poets.

About this title

From the Author:

CHARLES SIMIC was born in Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1954. A distinguished poet, he is also the author of many acclaimed translations, and books of prose.

From the Inside Flap:

For over fifty years, Charles Simic has been widely celebrated for his brilliant and innovative poetic imagery, his sardonic wit, and a voice all his own. He has been awarded nearly every major literary prize for his poetry, including a Pulitzer and a MacArthur grant, in addition to serving as the poet laureate of the United States in 2007 and 2008.
In this new volume, he distills his life s work, combining for the first time the best of his early poems with his later works including nearly three dozen revisions along with seventeen new, never-before-published poems. Simic s body of work draws inspiration from a range of topics, from the inscrutability of ordinary life to American blues, from folktales to marriage and war.
Consistently exciting and unexpected, the nearly four hundred poems in this volume represent the best of one of America s most distinguished and original poets.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0547928289
• ISBN 13: 9780547928289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384