Hyam Plutzik

Hyam Plutzik was an American poet and educator best known for his long narrative poem Horatio. Three of Plutzik's books, including Horatio, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Since his death, several new books related to his life and work have been published, with forewords written by noted poets and scholars, including Anthony Hecht (1987), David Scott Kastan (2012), Daniel Halpern (2017), Richard Blanco (2021), and Edward Hirsch (2023).