Roberto Sosa (poet)

Roberto Sosa
Roberto Sosa
Born	18 April 1930; Yoro, Honduras
Died	23 May 2011 (aged 81)
Occupation	Author; poet;
Notable awards	Premio Adonáis de Poesía (1968)

Roberto Sosa (18 April 1930 – 23 May 2011) was a Honduran author and poet born in Yoro, Honduras. He spent his early life working hard to help provide for his poor family. He published his first book when he was almost thirty years old.

Sosa published Los Pobres in 1969, which won the Adonais Prize in Spain. Un Mundo Para Todos Dividido, published in 1971, won the Casa de las Americas Prize in Cuba. By 1990, he had published six books of poetry, three of prose, and two anthologies of Honduran literature. In 1990, he published Obra Completa (Complete Works).^{[citation needed]}

The Difficult Days, Poems, The Common Grief, and The Return of the River have all been translated into English.

At the time of his death, Sosa lived in Tegucigalpa, the capital city of Honduras. He was the editor of a magazine, Presente, and the president of the Honduras Journalists’ Union. He also taught literature at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras.^{[citation needed]}

Literary work

1959: Caligramas (Tegucigalpa).
1966: Muros (Tegucigalpa).
1967: Mar interior'' (Tegucigalpa).
1967: Breve estudio sobre la poesía y su creación
1968: Los pobres (Madrid).
1971: Un mundo para todos dividido (La Habana).
1981: Prosa armada
1985: Secreto militar
1987: Hasta el sol de hoy
1990: Obra completa
Antología personal
Los pesares juntos
1994: Máscara suelta
1995: El llanto de las cosas
2011: Antología póstuma Honduras, poesía negra, editada por el Centro Cultural de España en Tegucigalpa y SEDINAFRO
2016: Antología de la poesía amorosa hondureña