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The Caribbean Poetry.  Introduction by Joseph Brodsky.

The Caribbean Poetry. Introduction by Joseph Brodsky. by BEARDEN, Romare; Brodsky, Joseph; Walcott, Derek;

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Title
The Caribbean Poetry. Introduction by Joseph Brodsky.
Author
BEARDEN, Romare; Brodsky, Joseph; Walcott, Derek;
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Ursus Books (United States)
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1983. BEARDEN, Romare. The Caribbean Poetry. By Derek Walcott. Introduction by Joseph Brodsky. 232 pp. Illustrated with eight coloured illustrations by Romare Bearden. 4to., bound in original publisher's linen silkscreened after a design by Bearden, in the publisher's cardboard slipcase (lightly sunned spine). New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. One of the very few books illustrated by an African-American artist. From a total edition of 2000, this one containing the loose original, numbered lithograph. Bearden executed 8 lithographs, each in an edition of 250 copies, which were inserted in the books, and most of which have long since been removed. The colophon is signed by both the author and the artist. Derek Walcott, called "the first outstanding poet of the Caribbean" is a native of St. Lucia off the coast of Venezuela. He has written and directed numerous plays, produced in London and New York. He won an Obie for The Dream of the Monkey in 1971. Walcott has also published a dozen volumes of poetry and was a winner of a MacArthur Grant in 1983. He has taught at Harvard and Boston University. Romare Bearden is a native of North Carolina. He has had countless one-man exhibitions, including a solo exhibition of his work at MOMA in New York.