Charlie Simic was an adopted son of New Hampshire, having arrived here 50 years ago, but he remained a citizen of the world. When he died Monday at the age of 84, he left behind a rich trove of poetry, memoir, literary criticism, and political commentary.
Charlie Simic was an adopted son of New Hampshire, having arrived here 50 years ago, but as a poet, literary critic and commentator, he remained a citizen of the world. He lived in a blue saltbox near Bow Lake in Strafford with his wife Helen Lubin.