Omeros

Omeros (1990) is the epic work of poetry by Derek Walcott. This epic poem helped Walcott win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. The title refers to the Greek myths about Homer.  The poem refers to characters in the Iliad and Odyssey. But the poem is set on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia where Walcott was born.

The three-hundred-page epic describes modern Caribbean life. Walcott's heroes are ordinary men and women who live in the modern world.

References

  1. ↑ "Omeros". www.litencyc.com. Retrieved 2020-11-14. Walcott had already been on nomination lists for the Nobel Prize, but it was this poem that clinched the case and brought him the prize in 1992.
  2. ↑ "Walcott, Derek Alton, (23 Jan. 1930–17 March 2017), poet and playwright". Who's Who. Oxford University Press. 2007-12-01. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u38499.
  3. ↑ Lynch, Deidre Shauna, ed. (2016). "Search Results for omeros". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. doi:10.1093/9780197851470.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-785147-0. Retrieved 2020-11-14. Contemporary Caribbean life in all its complexity. Walcott's heroes are ordinary men and women.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ Cambridge, Gerry (2017-07-26). Lynch, Deidre Shauna (ed.). "Walcott, Derek". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. doi:10.1093/9780197851470.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-785147-0. Retrieved 2020-11-14.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)[permanent dead link]