Dr. Robert Lima, OIC
State College, PA 16803-3477
TRANSLATES: Spanish
Robert Lima is a poet, literary critic, biographer, editor, bibliographer, and translator who first taught at Hunter College, CUNY and, since 1965, at the Pennsylvania State University. After 40 years in the profession, he retired early in 2002 as Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literatures and Fellow Emeritus of the Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies.
He was involved in the New York City poetry scene in the 1960s, reading weekly at Cafe Cino, Judson Memorial Church, Tenth Street Coffeehouse, Les Deux Megots, and other venues, as well as performing occasionally at La Mama and other NYC stages. He co-edited the anthology Seventh Street: Poems of ' Les Deux Megots,' Seventh Street Review, and the second Judson Review .
Knight Commander in the Order of Queen Isabel of Spain, Academician in the North American Academy of the Spanish Language, and Corresponding Member of Spain's Royal Academy, Lima is the author of 26 books (criticism, poetry, biography, translation, bibliography) and has published widely in U.S. and foreign periodicals. He was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to Perú and has lectured and read his poetry throughout the U.S. and abroad. In Cameroon, he was named Fon of the Menda Nkwe people. He is listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, World Who's Who of Authors, International Authors and Writers Who's Who, and other international writers' directories.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Currently working on: a family memoir; new critical assessments of Lorca's theatre and Borges's stories; a book on worldwide travel experiences; and a book of anecdotes on writers, painters, musicians, critics, et. al., met over many years. Also, preparing several poetry collections for publication.
Criticism:
The Theatre of García Lorca (NY: Las Américas Pub., 1963)
Ramón del Valle-Inclán (NY: Columbia UP, 1972)
Surrealism--A Celebration. Special Issue of Journal of General Education (Penn State UP, 1975)
Dos ensayos sobre teatro español de los Veinte (Spain:U. de Murcia--Cátedra de Teatro, 1984)
Valle-Inclán. The Theatre of His Life (Columbia: Missouri UP, 1988)
Borges and the Esoteric (Pittsburgh: Crítica Hispánica--Duquesne U, 1993)
Dark Prisms. Occultism in Hispanic Drama (Lexington: UP Kentucky, 1995)
The Alchemical Art of Leonora Carrington (Cauda Pavonis--Washington State U., 2000)
The Dramatic World of Valle-Inclán (England: Boydell & Brewer--Tamesis, 2003)
Stages of Evil. Occultism in Western Theater and Drama (Lexington: UP Kentucky, 2005)
Poetry:
Seventh Street: Poems of 'Les Deux Megots' (NY: Hesperidian P., 1961)
Anthology of Festival Poetry (PA: Central PA Festival of the Arts, 1968)
Poems of Exile & Alienation (CO: Anvil P., 1976; with Teresinka Pereira)
Fathoms (PA: Carnation P., 1981)
Corporal Works (CA: Realities Library, 1985)
The Olde Ground (MA: Soc. of Inter-Celtic Arts, 1985)
Mayaland (Madrid, Spain: Betania, 1992)
Sardinia/Sardegna (IN: Bordighera--VIA Folios, 2000)
Tracking the Minotaur (IN: 1st Books--Author House, 2003)
Bibliography:
Federico García Lorca. A BIbliography of His Theatre (NY: La Voz--Las Américas, 1961-62)
An Annotated Bibliography of Ramón del Valle-Inclán (Penn State U. Libraries,1972)
Spanish Drama of the Occult through the Eighteenth Century, A Bibliography of Primary Sources (Pittsburgh: Crítica Hispánica--Duquesne U., 1993)
Ramón del Valle-Inclán. Vol. I: The Works (London, England: Grant & Cutler, 1999)
Also: extensive bibliographies in The Theatre of García Lorca, Dark Prisms, and Stages of Evil, above.
Translations:
Libretto: Santa Rosalía. Chamber Cantata (Bogotá, Colombia. Performed and recorded in 2007)
Valle-Inclán. El teatro de su vida (Spain: Editorial Nigra--Consorcio de Santiago, 1995)
Savage Acts. Four Plays, by Ramón del Valle-Inclán (PA: Estreno Contemporary Spanish Plays, 1993)
Blood Pact, play by Ramón del Valle-Inclán. Modern International Drama (SUNY-Binghamton, 1991)
The Lamp of Marvels, by Ramón del Valle-Inclán (MA: Lindisfarne P.--Inner Traditions, 1986)
The Inmates of the Convent of Saint Mary Egyptian, play by José Martín Recuerda. In DramaContemporary: Spain (NY: PAJ Publications, 1985)
Borges the Labyrinth Maker, by A. M. Barrenechea ( NY: NYU Press, 1965)
Translations of other Spanish plays in: La Voz, Modern International Drama, The New Wave Spanish Drama (NY: NYU P., 1968).
Translations of Latin American & Spanish poets in: Chicago Review, The Literary Review, Crosscurrents, Kosmos, Chelsea, Dreamworks, Mundus Artium, Latin American Literary Review, Prairie Schooner, etc.
Festschriften Edited:
Essays in Honor of Gerald Moser. Luso-Brazilian Review (1978).
Homenaje a / Tribute to Martha T. Halsey (PA: Estreno, 1995).
Texts and Contexts. A Tribute to Beno Weiss (PA: Orlando P., 2001).
Other Publications Edited:
Spanish Plays in English Translation (NY: Las Américas--National Educational Theatre Assoc., 1962; co-editor)
The Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature (NY: T.Y. Crowell, Pub., 1962; co-revising editor)
Roget's University Thesaurus (NY: T.Y. Crowell Pub., 1963; co-revising editor)
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