What is Omeros?
'''''Omeros''''' (1990) is the [[Epic poetry|epic]] work of [[poetry]] by [[Derek Walcott]]. This epic poem helped Walcott win the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Omeros|url=https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=3088|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-14|website=www.litencyc.com|language=en|quote=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.}}</ref> The title refers to the [[Greek mythology|Greek myths]] about [[Homer]]. The poem refers to [[Fictional character|characters]] in the ''[[Iliad]]'' and ''[[Odyssey]]''. But the poem is set on the [[Caribbean|Caribbean island]] of [[Saint Lucia|St. Lucia]] where Walcott was born.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2007-12-01|title=Walcott, Derek Alton, (23 Jan. 1930–17 March 2017), poet and playwright|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u38499|journal=Who's Who|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u38499}}</ref> The three-hundred-page epic describes modern Caribbean life. Walcott's heroes are ordinary men and women who live in the modern world.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Search Results for omeros|url=https://oxfordre.com/literature/literature/search?isQuickSearch=true&q=omeros&searchBtn=Search&siteToSearch=literature|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature|language=en|quote=Contemporary Caribbean life in all its complexity. Walcott's heroes are ordinary men and women.}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Cambridge|first=Gerry|date=2017-07-26|title=Walcott, Derek|url=https://oxfordre.com/literature/oso/viewentry/10.1093$002facrefore$002f9780190201098.001.0001$002facrefore-9780190201098-e-517|access-date=2020-11-14|website=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=Inter