Omeros

This work is not characterized by the same breadth and depth of the descriptions as in Omeros, but its dramatic verve, its liveliness, and its exquisite sense of humor distinguish it.

A Single, Homeless, Circling Satellite: Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Literature Laureate 2001

Omeros is a work divided into one hundred and ninety-two songs, written in a rhythmic blank verse with a richness of poetic metaphors and similes.

A Single, Homeless, Circling Satellite: Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Literature Laureate 2001

Thus, Walcott has no forgiveness when he asks in Omeros whether he might have broken his pen when he started writing poetry forty years earlier, if he had realized that this century's pastorals were being written by the chimneys of Dachau, of Auschwitz, of Sachsenhausen

A Single, Homeless, Circling Satellite: Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Literature Laureate 2001

Seattle-based Omeros, which is developing biopharmaceuticals for treating inflammation and central nervous system disorders, said Wednesday that it has established a $20M, debt facility with BlueCrest Capital Finance.

Northwest Innovation - Pacific Northwest High Tech News 2008

In his astonishing book-length epic poem, the 1990 "Omeros," Walcott reimagines the sweep of history from the Greeks to the present, casting the Homeric heroes like Achilles and Hector as West Indian fishermen, Helen as a waitress singing Beatles tunes.

The Man Who Loves English 2008

Bursting its seams with ambition, "Omeros" nonetheless confirms Walcott as the foremost symphonist of the language he adores.

The Man Who Loves English 2008

The point, Mr. Walcott says, is to give the tale a credible context, which is immediate to today's experience, a bit reminiscent of his epic work "Omeros," a Caribbean retelling of Homer's "Odyssey."

Putting Antigone's World in Context 2008

The book cover of "Omeros", using the painting done by Derek Walcott (right).

A Single, Homeless, Circling Satellite: Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Literature Laureate 2001

Walcott's latest poetic work is "Omeros" (1990), a majestic

Nobel Prize in Literature 1992 - Press Release 1992

In 'Omeros' 1990, an epic poem considered his most ambitious and accomplished work, he invoked Caribbean voices through Greek myth, drawing on Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey'.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011