Goran Simić (poet)

Goran Simić (1952 – 29 September 2024) was a Bosnian Canadian poet recognized internationally for his works of poetry, essays, short stories, and theatre.

[1] Simić was born in Vlasenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1952 and wrote eleven volumes of poetry, drama, and short fiction, including Sprinting from the Graveyard (Oxford, 1997).

One of the most prominent[citation needed] writers of the former Yugoslavia, Simić was trapped in the Siege of Sarajevo.

A volume of Simic's poetry titled Selected Poems was tentatively scheduled to be published in the Fall of 2007.

In 2010, Simić published two more books: a poetry volume entitled Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman (Biblioasis) and his second collection of stories, Looking for Tito (Frog Hollow Press).