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Charlie Smith (June 20 1956 — 8 November 2005) was Romnichal poet who had a booklet of his poems published in the 1980s which included the acclaimed Space Gypsies poem.He was from a family of tailors his schooling was not good and he left early thinking himself semi-illiterate.He is a member of the International Romani Writers’ Association IRWA (Kansainvälinen Romanikirjailijaliitto)