CHARLES SIMIC 2017 SPECIAL GUEST POET
Poet Charles Simic is photographed at the City University of New York, May 13, 2003. Although Simic is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, he understands that poets in the United States aren't followed with the same enthusiasm as rap stars or other pop culture icons as they may be in Europe. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Pulitzer Prize winner and former United States Poet Laureate Charles Simic is announced as Palm Beach Poetry Festival’s Special Guest Poet in 2017. Charles Simic will be interviewed by fellow poet and Festival Faculty David Baker. Simic will also headline the Festival’s Gala Reading.

Find out more about our very Special Guest here.