inscribed "for connie and jack who knew I loved them best" 2/28/64


Simon Perchik was born December 24, 1923 in Paterson, New Jersey. He is a graduate of New York University having received a B.A. in English and LLB in Law. As a pilot during World War II, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal w/three Oak Leaf Clusters, ETO Ribbon w/three Battle Stars, and the Presidential Unit Citation. Following admission to the New York Bar in 1951, he was in private law practice, save for five years as Assistant District Attorney for Suffolk County, New York. He has seventeen collections of poetry published to his credit and continues to be widely published in many periodicals including The New Yorker, The Nation, International Poetry Review, Partisan Review, Massachusetts Review and the Southern Poetry Review. Mr. Perchik continues to reside in East Hampton, New York with his family.