That Little Something

Informationen zum Autor Charles Simic was a poet, essayist, and translator who was born in Yugoslavia in 1938 and immigrated to the United States in 1954. He published more than twenty books of poetry, in addition to a memoir and numerous books of translations for which he received many honors, including the Pulitzer Prize, the Zbigniew Herbert International Literary Award, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a MacArthur Fellowship, and the Wallace Stevens Award. In 2007, he served as poet laureate of the United States. He was a distinguished visiting writer at New York University and professor emeritus at the University of New Hampshire, where he taught since 1973. He died in January 2023 at the age of eighty-four. Klappentext That Little Something is the superb eighteenth collection from one of America's most vital and honored poets. Over the course of his singular career, Charles Simic has won nearly every accolade, including the Pulitzer Prize, and he served as the poet laureate of the United States from 2007 to 2008.His wry humor and darkly illuminating vision are on full display here as he moves close to the dark ironies of history and human experience. Simic understands the strange interplay between the ordinary and the odd, between reality and imagination. That Little Something is a stunning collection from "not only one of the most prolific poets but also one of the most distinctive, accessible, and enjoyable" (New York Times Book Review). Zusammenfassung That Little Something is the superb eighteenth collection from one of America’s most vital and honored poets. Over the course of his singular career, Charles Simic has won nearly every accolade, including the Pulitzer Prize, and he served as the poet laureate of the United States from 2007 to 2008.His wry humor and darkly illuminating vision are on full display here as he moves close to the dark ironies of history and human experience. Simic understands the strange interplay between the ordinary and the odd, between reality and imagination. That Little Something is a stunning collection from "not only one of the most prolific poets but also one of the most distinctive, accessible, and enjoyable" ( New York Times Book Review ). ...

Product details

• Authors: Charles Simic
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.04.2009
• EAN: 9780156035392
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603539-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 208 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Diaries, letters and journals, nonfiction;american;america;poetry;american poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / Love & Erotica, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Poetry, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Ancient & Classical, POETRY: European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, nonfiction;american;america;poetry;2008;2009;2010, american;america;poetry;nonfiction;2008;2009;2010