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Goran Simić

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Goran Simić

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952-10-20 （Vlasenica）
Died
2024-09-29 age 72
Nationality
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada
Languages
Bosnian, English
Residence History
Vlasenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina (birthplace) → Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (during the siege) → Toronto, Canada (from 1995) → University of Guelph, Canada (2006) → Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (from 2013)

Career

Occupations
poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist
Active Years
1980-2024
Affiliations
University of Guelph, Luna Publications (founder)

Awards

PEN Freedom to Write Award
1995
Organization: International PEN
Result: winner
Danuta Gleed Award
2006
Work: Yesterday's People
Category: 最優秀短編集
Result: shortlisted
Relit Award
2006
Work: Yesterday's People
Result: shortlisted

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sprinting from the Graveyard

1997 poetry

A volume of poetry.

Translations
  • translated into nine languages

Immigrant Blues

poetry

Second full-length volume of poems in English, first published in Canada.

From Sarajevo, With Sorrow

2005 poetry

Poetry collection, retranslation of earlier versions.

Yesterday's People

2005 short fiction

Collection of short fiction, shortlisted for Relit and Danuta Gleed Awards.

Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman

2010 poetry

Poetry volume.

Looking for Tito

2010 stories

Second collection of stories.

Translations of Works

  • Works translated into nine languages

Style & Themes

Recurring Motifs
Siege of Sarajevoimmigrant experience

Legacy

Bosnian Canadian poet internationally recognized for poetry, essays, short stories, and theatre. One of the most prominent writers of former Yugoslavia, experienced the Siege of Sarajevo, resettled in Canada.

Trivia

  • Trapped in the Siege of Sarajevo.
  • Resettled in Canada thanks to PEN Freedom to Write Award.
  • Founded Luna Publications.
  • First non-Canadian to win a major Canadian literary award.