Om Writers on My Watch
Esteemed poet and literary scholar Robert Lima penned poems dedicated to some of his favorite authors.
ROBERT LIMA is a Cuban-born award-winning poet, and an internationally-recognized critic, bibliographer, playwright, and translator. He retired after 40 years in the teaching profession as Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures at The Pennsylvania State University, as well as Fellow Emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. Previously, he had taught at Hunter College, CUNY, and abroad in Perú and Cameroon, lecturing widely in the U.S. and overseas.
The writers on his watch include:
AMIRI BARAKA
JORGE LUIS BORGES
ANDRÉ BRETON
JOSEF BRODSKY
GWENDOLYN BROOKS
LEONARD COHEN
DEMOCRITUS
JAMES DICKEY
ROBERT FROST
FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA
TONY HILLERMAN
RANDELL JARRELL
LEUCIPPUS
JACKSON MACLOW
HOWARD MOSS
DYLAN THOMAS
RAMON DEL VALLE-INCLAN
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
PAUL WEST
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO
MAO ZSEDONG
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