Lima, Robert (F.), (Jr.)

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LIMA, Robert (F.), (Jr.)

LIMA, Robert (F.), (Jr.). American (born Cuba), b. 1935. Genres: Plays/Screenplays, Poetry, Literary criticism and history, Bibliography, Biography, Translations. Career: Lecturer in Romance Literatures, Hunter College, City University of New York, 1962-65; Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1965-2002 (Chairman, Dept. of Comparative Literature, 1970-75). Poet-in-Residence, University de San Marcos, Peru; Visiting Professor, Universidad Catolica, Peru, 1976-77; Sr. Fulbright Fellow, 1976-77. Editorial Associate, Modern International Drama, 1967-81; Editorial Boards: Lexis, 1977-, Estreno, 1989-, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, 2000-, Anuario Valle-Inclan, 2001-; Fellow, Institute for the Arts & Humanities, 1986-2002. Publications: Episode in Sicily (play), 1959; The Theatre of Garcia Lorca, 1963; Ramon del Valle-Inclan, 1972; An Annotated Bibliography of Ramon del Valle-Inclan, 1972; (co-author) Poems of Exile and Alienation, 1976; Fathoms (poetry), 1981; (co-author) Dos Ensayos Sobre Teatro Espatnol de Los Veinte, 1984; The Olde Ground (poetry), 1985; Valle-Inclan: The Theatre of His Life, 1988; Mayaland (poetry), 1992; Dark Prisms: Occultism in Hispanic Drama, 1995; Valle-Inclan: El Teatro De Su Vida, 1995; Ramon Del Valle-Inclan: An Annotated Bibliography, Vol. 1: Works; Sardinia/Sardegna (prose, poetry), 2000. EDITOR/CO-EDITOR: Seventh Street Anthology: Poems of "Les Deux Megots," 1961; Readers Encyclopedia of American Literature, rev. ed., 1962; Surrealism: A Celebration, 1975; Borges and the Esoteric, 1993. EDITOR & TRANSLATOR: Borges the Labyrinth Maker, 1965; Valle-Inclan: Autobiography, Aesthetics, Aphorisms, 1966; Savage Acts: Four Plays by Valle-Inclan, 1991. Address: 485 Orlando Ave, State College, PA 16803-3477, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]