Dramatizes events and characters from Homer's Odyssey, including Proteus, the Old Man of the Sea, the Cyclops, Circe, ghosts, and mermaids
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About the Author:
Derek Walcott (1930-2017) was born in St. Lucia, the West Indies, in 1930. His Collected Poems: 1948-1984 was published in 1986, and his subsequent works include a book-length poem, Omeros (1990); a collection of verse, The Bounty (1997); and, in an edition illustrated with his own paintings, the long poem Tiepolo's Hound (2000). His numerous plays include The Haitian Trilogy (2001) and Walker and The Ghost Dance (2002). Walcott received the Queen's Medal for Poetry in 1988 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0374172498
- ISBN 13 9780374172497
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages159
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