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Charles Simic (1938–2023)

Forfatter af The World Doesn't End

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Charles Simic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, immigrated with his family to Chicago in 1954, and was educated at New York University. Although his native language was Serbian, he began writing in English. Some of his work reflects the years he served in the U.S. Army (1961--63). He has been vis mere awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, a Guggenheim Foundation grant, and a National Endowment for the Arts award. "My poetry always had surrealistic tendencies, which were discouraged a great deal in the '50's," the poet said, but such tendencies were applauded in the 1970s and his reputation consequently flourished. His poems are about obsessive fears and often depict a world that resembles the animism of primitive thought. His work has affinities with that of Mark Strand and has in its turn produced several imitators. Simic was appointed the fifteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2007 (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af Charles Simic

The World Doesn't End (1989) 332 eksemplarer
Walking the Black Cat (1996) 176 eksemplarer
Hotel Insomnia (1992) 147 eksemplarer
Jackstraws: Poems (1999) 141 eksemplarer
Sixty Poems (2007) 127 eksemplarer
My Noiseless Entourage: Poems (2005) 110 eksemplarer
Selected Poems, 1963-1983 (1985) 104 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 1992 (1992) — Redaktør — 101 eksemplarer
The Book of Gods and Devils (1990) 95 eksemplarer
That Little Something: Poems (2008) 91 eksemplarer
Unending Blues: Poems (1986) 84 eksemplarer
A Wedding in Hell (1994) 83 eksemplarer
New and Selected Poems: 1962-2012 (2013) 79 eksemplarer
The Monster Loves His Labyrinth (2008) 76 eksemplarer
Selected Early Poems (1999) 76 eksemplarer
The Lunatic: Poems (2015) 70 eksemplarer
The Life of Images: Selected Prose (2015) 53 eksemplarer
Night Picnic: Poems (2001) 53 eksemplarer
Master of Disguises (2010) 52 eksemplarer
New British Poetry (2004) — Redaktør — 51 eksemplarer
Selected Poems (2004) 47 eksemplarer
Scribbled in the Dark: Poems (2017) 46 eksemplarer
Austerities: Poems (1982) 36 eksemplarer
Come Closer and Listen: New Poems (2019) 26 eksemplarer
Memory Piano (Poets on Poetry) (2006) 23 eksemplarer
Classic Ballroom Dances: Poems (1980) 20 eksemplarer
Confessions of a Poet Laureate (2010) 15 eksemplarer
No Land in Sight: Poems (2022) 13 eksemplarer
White (1972) 11 eksemplarer
Looking for Trouble (1988) 11 eksemplarer
Frightening Toys (1995) 9 eksemplarer
9 Poems (1989) 7 eksemplarer
5 blind men (1969) 7 eksemplarer
What the Grass Says (1967) 6 eksemplarer
Ääni aamulla kello kolme (2008) 5 eksemplarer
In the Beginning (1986) 4 eksemplarer
Four Yugoslav Poets (1970) 3 eksemplarer
Prodigy (2010) 2 eksemplarer
Il titolo 2 eksemplarer
Ploughshares Fall 1986 (1986) 2 eksemplarer
Biography and a Lament 2 eksemplarer
El mundo no se acaba (2013) 2 eksemplarer
Brooms : selected poems (1978) 2 eksemplarer
Hjulet snakkar når det går (1995) 2 eksemplarer
Avvicinati e ascolta (2021) 2 eksemplarer
Ludak 1 eksemplar
Wo steckt Pepe? ( Ab 4 J.). (2000) 1 eksemplar
Sin tierra a la vista (2023) 1 eksemplar
Acércate y escucha (2020) 1 eksemplar
Blues utan slut 1 eksemplar
Una mosca en la sopa memorias (2010) 1 eksemplar
Een hond met vleugels (1993) 1 eksemplar
Blues o śnieżnym poranku (2015) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Mathias Pascal (1904) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver1,908 eksemplarer
The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms (2000) — Bidragyder — 1,225 eksemplarer
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver901 eksemplarer
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry (1996) — Bidragyder — 817 eksemplarer
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (2003) — Bidragyder — 759 eksemplarer
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1990) — Bidragyder — 736 eksemplarer
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (1992) — Bidragyder — 383 eksemplarer
180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (2005) — Bidragyder — 357 eksemplarer
McSweeney's Issue 22: Three Books Held Within By Magnets (2007) — Bidragyder — 331 eksemplarer
Against Forgetting: Twentieth-Century Poetry of Witness (1993) — Bidragyder — 325 eksemplarer
Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (2003) — Bidragyder — 293 eksemplarer
The Best American Essays 2008 (2008) — Bidragyder — 287 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2001 (2001) — Bidragyder — 219 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 1999 (1999) — Bidragyder — 208 eksemplarer
The Art of Losing (2010) — Bidragyder — 191 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2006 (2006) — Bidragyder — 189 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2005 (2005) — Bidragyder — 172 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 1994 (1994) — Bidragyder — 169 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 1997 (1997) — Bidragyder — 166 eksemplarer
American Religious Poems: An Anthology (2006) — Bidragyder — 160 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 1998 (1998) — Bidragyder — 160 eksemplarer
The Best American Essays 1995 (1995) — Bidragyder — 155 eksemplarer
After Ovid: New Metamorphoses (1994) — Bidragyder — 153 eksemplarer
The Best American Essays 1997 (1997) — Bidragyder — 150 eksemplarer
The Faber Book of Beasts (1997) — Bidragyder — 135 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2008 (2008) — Bidragyder — 134 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 1993 (1993) — Bidragyder — 127 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2010 (2010) — Bidragyder — 117 eksemplarer
Emergency Kit (1996) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver107 eksemplarer
Leading From Within: Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Lead (2007) — Bidragyder — 100 eksemplarer
The Best American Essays 1988 (1988) — Bidragyder — 93 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2015 (2015) — Bidragyder — 91 eksemplarer
Granta 124: Travel (2013) — Bidragyder — 89 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2017 (2017) — Bidragyder — 89 eksemplarer
The Best American Poetry 2011 (2011) — Bidragyder — 84 eksemplarer
Gods and Mortals: Modern Poems on Classical Myths (1684) — Bidragyder — 68 eksemplarer
1941: The Year That Keeps Returning (2007) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver66 eksemplarer
Saul Steinberg: Illuminations (2006) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver65 eksemplarer
The Hungry Ear: Poems of Food and Drink (2012) — Bidragyder — 62 eksemplarer
Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology (1999) — Bidragyder — 48 eksemplarer
Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology (1983) — Editorial Consultant — 39 eksemplarer
Antaeus No. 61, Autumn 1988 - Journals, Notebooks & Diaries (1988) — Bidragyder — 33 eksemplarer
Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Bidragyder — 32 eksemplarer
No Boundaries: Prose Poems by 24 American Poets (2003) — Bidragyder — 29 eksemplarer
60 Years of American Poetry (1996) — Bidragyder — 28 eksemplarer
Wonders: Writings and Drawings for the Child in Us All (1980) — Bidragyder — 18 eksemplarer
Stories from the Blue Moon Café IV (2005) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
The Paris Review 167 2003 Fall (2003) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Monkey Business: New Writing from Japan, Volume 03 (2013) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Little Mr. Prose Poem: Selected Poems of Russell Edson (2022) — Forord — 8 eksemplarer
Thomas Campion: Poems Selected by Charles Simic (2007) — Redaktør — 7 eksemplarer
The Paris Review 84 1982 Summer (1982) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
The Paris Review 192 2010 Spring (2010) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
Antaeus No. 23, Autumn 1976 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Ironwood 28 Dickinson/Spicer: A Special Issue — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Kayak 8 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar

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Curiosando tra i nuovi arrivi in biblioteca, la mia attenzione è stata catalizzata da questo libretto di 150 pagine scarse. Sono rimasta colpita dal titolo: Il mostro ama il suo labirinto. Mi è subito venuto in mente il Minotauro, che, rinchiuso nel Labirinto perché Minosse si vergognava di lui, si suppone odiasse la sua prigione. Invece, Simic ci dice che lo ama: una sorta di Sindrome di Stoccolma dei luoghi. Forse il Minotauro è grato a Minosse per averlo nascosto dalle pubbliche manifestazioni di orrore nei suoi confronti. O forse è solo felice di poter svolgere il suo ruolo di mostro con l'approvazione del re.

Comunque sia, Il mostro ama il suo labirinto è un taccuino, un insieme di pensieri sparsi del poeta. Si va dai suoi ricordi personali a pensieri fulminei (e poco lusinghieri) su politici e intellettuali. A Simic piace stravolgere il modo comune di vedere le cose (e qui ricorda un po' Il dizionario del diavolo di Ambrose Bierce) e spesso ci ricorda la bellezza della corporeità e della carnalità che la religione e il cosiddetto amore puro amano demonizzare e svilire in virtù della presunta superiorità dell'anima e degli alti sentimenti.

”Ti fanno male” mi dicono i miei amici. Come se fra me e l'immortalità si frapponessero soltanto un paio di salcicce.

Non dimentichiamoci che anche Romeo e Giulietta ogni tanto scoreggiavano e si grattavano il culo.

La bellezza di un attimo fuggente è eterna.
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lasiepedimore | 2 andre anmeldelser | Aug 28, 2023 |
Un libro con in copertina una fotografia di Saul Leiter parte molto bene, dunque io lo compro a scatola chiusa, ignaro dell'autore e immaginando un saggio su temi di estetica o storia dell'arte. Scopro - prima ammissione di ignoranza - che Simic è un poeta. Leggendo i primi scritti, mi ritrovo in un mondo di filosofia letta di notte, salsicce, blues strazianti, casualità con cui fare i conti, fotografie misteriose. E le prime 100 pagine circa volano con gran piacere, fra un riferimento a Emily Dickinson e uno a William Carlos Williams (che conosco solo grazie a Paterson di Jarmusch - seconda ammissione di ignoranza). Le pagine successive - che non sono poche - diventano un po' più frammentarie in quanto maggiormente legate a recensioni (di esposizioni o testi). Emergono riflessioni nuovamente vitali - per esempio quelle autobiografiche o lo scritto su Cornell - ma su un tono minore rispetto a quello della per me folgorante apertura di libro. A ogni modo, lettura piena di libertà, ironia e meraviglia, che lascia almeno un paio di compiti a casa (leggere le poesia di Simic - e anche quelle di Williams e Vicente Huidobro, magari).… (mere)
 
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d.v. | 1 anden anmeldelse | May 16, 2023 |
The poems in No Land in Sight include those whose vivid imagery imprinted on my brain.

Tango

Slinky black dress
On a wire hanger
In an empty closet
its door slid open

To catch the draft
From an open window
And make it dance
As in a deep trance

The empty hangers
Clicking in unison
Like knitting needles
Or disapproving tongues.

from No Land in Sight by Charles Simic

And poems of insight into the common experience.

In the Lockdown

I might have gone stir-crazy,
If not for my memories,
Those lifelong companions
Cooped up with me for months
And eager to console me

With stories of men and women
Who withdraw from the world,
And endured years of solitude
And dark nights of the soul
Thriving in some hole-in-the-wall

Where they found lasting peace
Obeying a voice in their heads
Telling them to just sit quietly,
So that the quiet can teach them
Everything they ought to know.

from No Land in Sight by Charles Simi

There are personal memories of a life unlike my own.

Where Do My Gallows Stand?

Outside the window
I looked out as a child
In an occupied city
Quiet as a graveyard.

from No Land in Sight by Charles Simic

Many of the poems are reductions that pack a punch bigger than their size would indicate. Charles Simic writes of quietly falling snow, dogs barking in the night, the hopefulness of an old woman going to the mailbox. Commonplace visions reveal depths of emotion, a few overheard words paint a portrait.

The opening poem is Fate, consisting of one line: “everyone’s blind date.” We ruefully chuckle.

At first I was puzzled by these poems, seemingly so direct and transparent. As I read on, I realized their beauty and truth. I will seek out his earlier work.

I received a free book from A A Knopf. My review is fair and unbiased.
… (mere)
 
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nancyadair | Aug 29, 2022 |
I gave the book four stars, but I think I'm being kind. The only reason I recommend the book is for its imagry. Other than that, if you the sort who doesn't want to read the abstract, then I suggest you don't buy the book.

 
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ennuiprayer | 5 andre anmeldelser | Jan 14, 2022 |

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